S5 Geography Notes: Mass Wasting in East Africa

These Senior 5 physical geography notes by Mutebi Abubaker explain mass wasting as the movement of weathered materials downhill under gravity. They describe how water encourages movement by increasing weight, reducing friction and weakening cohesion. The material distinguishes slow processes, including soil creep, solifluction and talus creep, from rapid processes such as mudflows, slumping, rockslides and rockfalls. Each process is outlined through its movement, slope conditions or contributing factors. Examples from Uganda and neighbouring East African areas connect the processes to locations such as the Rwenzori Mountains, Mount Elgon, Kigezi and the Kenyan highlands.