earthflow en · NOUN
Etymology
From earth + flow.
Meanings
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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[…]
2020 May 11, Alistair F. Pitty, Introduction to Geomorphology, Routledge, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| earthflows | Number=Plur | lexicographic |