Massive Landslide

During the holidays, I was priviledged to get to follow a group of geologists on their field trip to study a site of a landslide. The landslide was located at Fraser's Hill. It was so massive it measures 1.3 kilometres long and it cuts through 2 roads located in its path which was The Gap - Fraser's Hill road and Kuala Kubu Bharu - Raub road.

Get the sense of its enormity?

The landslide cuts through the earth like melted butter.

During a landslide, the usually hard soil will assume a liquid form. That's why the path follows te earth's contour.

The top end of the landslide.

The Gap - Fraser's Hill Road

Completely cut off.

The scar runs so deep. (this picture was taken from the tip of the collapsed road section)

The KKB - Raub Road that is situated in the middle span of the landslide which sustained a heavy damage and the huge boulders being deposited there. (note that only half of the bridge remained intact. the other half had been carried away by the landslide all the way to to the bottom)

This boulder measures as big as a trailer head. (on top of the boulder you can see that the bedrock being exposed by the landslide)

Water gushing down from the ruins of the bridge.

Workers are busy repairing damaged road section.

And some more pictures that I don't think I need to explain .

According to the geologists, the landslide was triggered at just below The Gap-Fraser's Hill new road due to poor irigation of the stream on the site. It then pulls together the road section and deposited them all 1.3 kilometres away in a river down the hill.