“…In addition, this process‐driven model plays a paramount role in determining the FS for the disparity of the force of collapsing and the triggering causes (Dou et al., ; Van Den Eeckhaut et al., ). The deterministic modeling approach is illustrated by the following equation (Nery & Vieira, ; Sinarta et al., ; Vieira, Fernandes, Augusto Filho, Martins, & Montgomery, ): where C r is the soil root cohesion (N/m 2 ), C s is the soil cohesion (N/m 2 ), θ is the slope angle or slope inclination, ρ s is the wet soil density (kg/m 3 ), ρ w is the water density (kg/m 3 ), g is gravitational acceleration or gravity force (9.81 m/s 2 ), D is the vertical soil depth (m), D w is the vertical height of the water table in the soil layer (m), and φ is the soil internal friction angle. Therefore, as discussed by previous authors (Batjes, ; Yalcin, ; Zizioli et al., ), the value of the slope inclination ( θ ) can be computed by applying the arc tangent slope formula S .…”