Which statement best describes slumping, a mass wasting process?
A) A mass of soil or regolith becomes saturated with water and suddenly flows downhill to the base of the slope.
B) The soil and regolith move downhill very slowly.
C) A block or blocks of unconsolidated regolith slide downhill along a curved slip surface.
D) Blocks of hard bedrock rapidly slide downhill along fracture surfaces.
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