mudflow
mudflow noun: a type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water.
Noun
mudflow (plural mudflows)
- 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.2015 September 21, Rachel Nuwer, “Indonesia’s ‘Mud Volcano’ and Nine Years of Debate About Its Muck”, in The New York Times
- [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[…]2020 May 11, Alistair F. Pitty, Introduction to Geomorphology, Routledge, →ISBN
- The dried-out product of such a flow.
mudflow meaning in Malayalam and Tagalog
mudflow in Malayalam
- type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water
- ഉരുൾപൊട്ടൽ uruḷpoṭṭal
mudflow in Tagalog
- type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water
- agos-putik
Synonyms of mudflow
Forms of mudflow
| plural | mudflows |
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Origin of mudflow
From mud + flow.
Questions about mudflow
- What does mudflow mean?
- Mudflow means a type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water.
- What is mudflow in Malayalam?
- Mudflow in Malayalam is ഉരുൾപൊട്ടൽ (uruḷpoṭṭal). See Mudflow meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is mudflow?
- Mudflow is a noun.
- What is the plural of mudflow?
- The plural of mudflow is mudflows.
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