Tag:hazard=falling_rocks

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hazard = falling_rocks
Description
An area in which rocks, dirt, or other natural materials may fall unexpectedly from cliffs above, or may have fallen, presenting a hazard. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: hazards
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesmay be used on waysshould not be used on areasshould not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Useful combination
Status: approvedPage for proposal

A falling rocks hazard is an area in which rocks, dirt, or other natural materials may fall unexpectedly from cliffs above, or may have fallen, presenting a hazard. May be combined with natural=scree for areas in which rubble from prior falls has collected.

How to map

Falling rocks hazards may be mapped in the following ways:

Signage examples

The tables below show what falling rocks hazard signage looks like in various countries.

European-style signage

Austria Belgium Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece
Hungary Iceland Italy Luxembourg Norway Philippines Poland Portugal Romania
Russia
Belarus
Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland
Liechtenstein
Turkey Ukraine UK

MUTCD-style signage

Argentina Australia Brazil Canada Canada
(Ontario)
Canada
(Quebec)
Chile Colombia
Indonesia Ireland Jamaica Japan Liberia Malaysia Mexico New Zealand
Panama Peru Thailand USA Uruguay

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See also