Definitions
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- noun A
downslope viscous flow of fine-grained materials that have beensaturated withwater , moving under the pull ofgravity .
Etymologies
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earth + flow
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Examples
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This landslide and earthflow occurred in the spring of 1995.
Landslide 2007
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Not so with the Slumgullion earthflow, or mudslide.
The Vail Trail - All Sections Rick Spitzer Vail, CO Colorado 2009
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