mudflow en · NOUN
Etymology
From mud + flow.
Meanings
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A type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water.
[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:Some believe an earthquake set off the disaster, others that the mudflow was caused by a company drilling for natural gas.
2015 September 21, Rachel Nuwer, “Indonesia’s ‘Mud Volcano’ and Nine Years of Debate About Its Muck”, in The New York Times:
- The dried-out product of such a flow.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mudflows | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (12)
de Mure (type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water) · tl agos-putik (type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water) · ka ღვარცოფი (type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water) · sv slamström (type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water) · pl powódź błotna (type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water) · ja 泥流 (type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water) · eo kotofluo (type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water) · hy սելավ (type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water) · de Murgang (type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water) · pl błoto (dried-out product of such a flow) · ml ഉരുൾപൊട്ടൽ (type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water) · ru сель (type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water)