Earthflow

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A downslope viscous flow of fine-grained materials that have been saturated with water, moving under the pull of gravity.

    "[A] rockflow involving at least 1.5 million m3 of material moved down the Uchau-Su river valley into the sea within a day. Some mudflows are so viscous that they come to a halt in the stream channel. On slopes, soilflow or earthflow depend[…]"

Synonyms

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soilflow

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"[A] rockflow involving at least 1.5 million m3 of material moved down the Uchau-Su river valley into the sea within a day. Some mudflows are so viscous that they come to a halt in the stream channel. On slopes, soilflow or earthflow depend[…]"

Etymology

From earth + flow.

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