Earth's largest terrestrial landslides

This catalogue contains a global sample of 411 of the largest terrestrial landslides reported in the literature, and augmented by our own detection and mapping. The minimum size of each landslide contained in this catalogue is one cubic kilometre or a total affected area of ten square kilometres. This dataset is subject to an ongoing study: we will add the relevant citation details in due time. Field identifiers in the data are: Location Location, name, or abbreviation of the landslide ID Unique location identifier (internal use only) Source Either "published"; "newly detected"; or "random points" (i.e. both previously unpublished) Country Country of landslide location Recent climate Contemporary Köppen-Geiger climate zone (https://koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/): A = "Tropical",B = "Dry",C = "Temperate",D = "Continental",E = "Polar/mtn." Rock (general) Dominant lithological group (according to published data or GLIM data, http://dx.doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.788537): met = "Metamorphic",plut = "Plutonic",sed = "Sedimentary",volc = "Volcanic",volcsed = "Volc./sed." Distance to active fault (km) Refers to Global Active Faults data (https://github.com/GEMScienceTools/gem-global-active-faults) Topographic setting Qualitative description of dominant landscape context: "Escarpment","Fault-bounded" (mountain-range front),"Glacial valley","River valley","Volcano" (volcanic edifice) LSType Dominant landslide type following nomenclature of Cruden, D.M. & Varnes, D.J. Landslide types and processes. In: Turner AK, Schuster RL (Eds.), Landslides investigation and mitigation. Transportation research board, US National Research Council. Special Report 247, Washington, DC, pp. 36–75 (1996): da = debris avalanche (volcanic) df = debris flow ra = rock avalanche rs = rock slide rs/ef = rock slide/earth flow Vscar (106m3) Estimated volume of landslide scar or source area in million cubic metres Vdepo (106m3) Estimated volume of landslide deposit in million cubic metres Adepo (km2) Estimated total affected area in square kilometres H_L Estimated ratio of total drop height H (m) over runout L (m) as a measure of mobility, derived from digital elevation data (https://topex.ucsd.edu/WWW_html/srtm30_plus.html) Loc rel (m) Mean local relief in metres, i.e. maximum elevation gain over a 5-km distance within 15 km of each landslide centre point; derived from digital elevation data (https://topex.ucsd.edu/WWW_html/srtm30_plus.html) Key reference Main information source; a full reference list will come with the published study Cluster Indicates whether other large landslides are within 50 km: NA = no 1 = yes