Solifluction

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Soil creep caused by waterlogged soil slowly moving downhill on top of an impermeable layer. countable, uncountable

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slud

Etymology

From Latin solum (“soil”) + -i- + fluctiō (“act of flowing”).

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