Definitions

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  • noun A downslope viscous flow of fine-grained materials that have been saturated with water, moving under the pull of gravity.

Etymologies

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earth +‎ flow

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Examples

  • This landslide and earthflow occurred in the spring of 1995.

    Landslide 2007

  • Not so with the Slumgullion earthflow, or mudslide.

    The Vail Trail - All Sections Rick Spitzer Vail, CO Colorado 2009

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