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20:57 Jun 30, 2009 |
English to Serbian translations [PRO] Science - Geography | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Mira Stepanovic Serbia Local time: 01:51 | ||||||
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5 +7 | landslide-mudslide (mudflow) |
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landslide-mudslide (mudflow) Explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudflow A mudflow or mudslide is the most rapid (up to 80 km/h, or 50 mph) and fluid type of downhill mass wasting. It is a rapid movement of a large mass of mud formed from loose earth and water. Similar terms are mudslide (not very liquid), mud stream, debris flow (e.g. in high mountains), jökulhlaup, and lahar (from volcanoes, see also pyroclastic flow). |
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