Geohazard

Quick meaning: Geohazard is a noun meaning A geological hazard, such as the risk of a landslide or tsunami.

Meaning

A geological hazard, such as the risk of a landslide or tsunami.

Example Sentences

Yumei Wang, the director of Oregon’s geohazards team, said a quick evaluation last year found that 1,300 of the state’s schools (housing 340,000 students) and emergency-services buildings had a “high or very high” risk of collapse in a substantial earthquake.

It notes: "It is important to understand, therefore, that whilst there now exists considerable skill in observing and forecasting rainfall, the science behind the translation of rainfall into geohazards, such as washouts, earth slides and other earthwork failures, is immature and remains the biggest gap in going from the meteorological hazard to the impact on the ground. [...]."

Word Forms

• geohazards

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hazard, hazardise, hazardize, infohazard, hazardry, hazmat.

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