mudflow

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16
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19
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7

Definition of mudflow

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water.
    “Some believe an earthquake set off the disaster, others that the mudflow was caused by a company drilling for natural gas.”
    “[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[…]”
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noun

  1. A type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water.
    “Some believe an earthquake set off the disaster, others that the mudflow was caused by a company drilling for natural gas.”
    “[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[…]”
  2. The dried-out product of such a flow.

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Etymology

From mud + flow.

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