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Landslides are among the major natural hazards in the world. A landslide is a common natural hazard that results in loss of human lives and causes widespread damage to property and infrastructure [1]. Landslides cause extensive losses to livelihoods and property and claim many lives. Landslide hazard (LH) defines the physical attributes of a potentially damaging landslide in terms of mechanism, volume and frequency [2]. Identification of regions having potential for landslide occurrence is one of the basic measure