Which sediment condition-dry or damp

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Question 1. Which sediment condition - dry or damp - lends itself to the most dramatic, quickest, and therefore most dangerous style of slope failure?

Question 2. Why the damp sand can maintain a higher angle of repose than the dry sand?

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