earthflow

English

Etymology

From earth +‎ flow.

Noun

earthflow (plural earthflows)

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

   Synonym: (uncommon) soilflow

   • 2020 May 11, Alistair F. Pitty, Introduction to Geomorphology, Routledge, →ISBN:

     [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 […]

See also

• mudflow
• lahar

Anagrams

• earthwolf