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Landslides, like earthquakes, floods, and volcanoes, are important natural disasters that occur frequently in the mountainous and high regions of our country, especially in the Alborz and Zagros regions, which induce considerable damages. Various factors such as topography, lithology, weather conditions, hydrology, tectonics, earthquakes, and various human activities are effective factors in the instability of natural and man-made slopes. Not one factor can cause instability in slops, however, a combination of the named factors may cause landslides. Therefore, knowing the factors affecting the occurrence of landslides and identifying different areas in terms of sensitivity to their...