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rockflows

rockflows is the plural of rockflow.

Meaning of rockflow

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

Questions about rockflows

What is rockflows the plural of?
Rockflows is the plural of rockflow.

Words near rockflows in the dictionary

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

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