Appearances of landslides affecting Koya-Bistana road in Haibat Sultan Mountain Study in Applied Geomorphology

Abstract

  This research deals with the dangers of landslides that Haibat Sultan road is exposed to, and its effects on humans and the environment. This is in the area of ​​the road linking Koya and Bistana on Mount Haibat Sultan, which crosses the mountain with a zigzag road which is a main road used by cars and oil trucks. This road is exposed to the dangers of mass waste of many kinds in many places However; the most dangerous of them are the movements that the road is exposed to in its upper part, as the rocky layers tilt at a large angle of more than 60 degrees. In the direction of the slope of the mountain and adjacent to the road from the other side of a valley with a slope of up to (8-14 degrees), this road is exposed to slid, rock falls and Toppling frequently annually, especially in the rainy season. Mount Haibat Sultan's is a convex fold characterized by a strong inclination in its southwestern limb and a less severe inclination in its northeastern limb.