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earthflow: see landslide landslide, rapid slipping of a mass of earth or rock from a higher elevation to a lower level under the influence of gravity and water lubrication. More specifically, rockslides are the rapid downhill movement of large masses of rock with little or no hydraulic flow,
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earthflow [′ərth‚flō]

(geology)

A variety of mass movement involving the downslope slippage of soil and weathered rock in a series of subparallel sheets.

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