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rockflow

rockflow noun: a landslide of rocks; a downslope flow of rocks (compare earthflow).

Noun

rockflow (plural rockflows)

  1. A landslide of rocks; a downslope flow of rocks (compare earthflow).
    • [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

Forms of rockflow

pluralrockflows

Origin of rockflow

From rock + flow.

Questions about rockflow

What does rockflow mean?
Rockflow means a landslide of rocks; a downslope flow of rocks (compare earthflow).
What part of speech is rockflow?
Rockflow is a noun.
What is the plural of rockflow?
The plural of rockflow is rockflows.

Words near rockflow in the dictionary

  1. rockfills
  2. rockfinch
  3. rockfinches
  4. rockfish
  5. rockfishes
  6. rockflow
  7. rockflows
  8. rockfoil
  9. rockfoils
  10. Rockford
  11. Rockfordesque

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