Landslides are a significant problem in several areas of Ohio. For example, the Cincinnati area has one of the highest per-capita costs due to landslide damage of any city in the United States. Many landslides in Ohio damage or destroy homes, businesses, and highways, resulting in annual costs of millions of dollars. Upon occasion, they can be a serious threat to personal safety. This resource addresses the following topics: types of landslides, rotational slump, earthflow, rockfall, causes of landslides, landslide-prone areas of Ohio, and how to avoid landslides. (author/kct)

A student interested in a career as a soil scientist will find this site to be a good reference page. Students interested in the construction of roads or buildings in locations subject to landslides can also use this site as a reference guide to the types, causes and prevention of landslides. As a content resource, this lessson does not qualify as a lesson in itself, but both the science and the career instructor could easily build this into their curricula.