Rock Streams
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Rock Streams
accumulations of detrital rock that move slowly along the ravines of mountain slopes, primarily by gravity. They are most characteristic of areas with severe continental climates. Rock streams begin from rock placers that cover flat mountain peaks. They sometimes stretch for several kilometers along the floors of valleys and depressions.
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