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Vinony

mudflow

noun

  1. act or process of mud, or mud-like material, and water flowing as a stream or river down a slope; mudspate; lahar
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English mud English flow English mudflow From mud + flow.

  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.