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mudflow
[ muhd-floh ]
noun
- a flow of mixed earth debris containing a large amount of water.
- the dried-out product of such a flow.
mudflow
/ ˈ³¾ÊŒ»åËŒ´Ú±ôəʊ /
noun
- geology a flow of soil or fine-grained sediment mixed with water down a steep unstable slope
mudflow
/ ³¾Å»å′´Ú±ôÅ′ /
- A downhill movement of soft, wet, unconsolidated earth and debris, made fluid by rain or melted snow and often building up great speed.
Example Sentences
The word is a portmanteau of mudflow and landslide, and is commonly used to describe debris flows or mudflows.
There are various types of landslides, including a mudflow, in which water rushes down with only mud, and is generally less than 15 feet deep.
The company’s power lines ignited the Thomas fire in 2017, a Ventura and Santa Barbara County fire that killed two and created the conditions that led to a mudflow in Montecito that killed 21 people.
Devastation from the eruption covered 150 square miles with volcanic mudflow, blocks of shattered rock and volcanic debris and sediment in river channels.
Southern California Edison has agreed to pay $80 million to cover costs and damages from the 2017 Thomas fire, a massive blaze in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties that killed two people and later triggered a massive mudflow that resulted in 23 deaths.
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