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Mudflow vs Earthflow - What's the difference?

mudflow | earthflow |

As nouns the difference between mudflow and earthflow

is that mudflow is a type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water while earthflow is a downslope viscous flow of fine-grained materials that have been saturated with water, moving under the pull of gravity.

mudflow

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water.
  • The dried-out product of such a flow. Also called mudslide, mudspate.

    • earthflow

    English

    (wikipedia earthflow)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A downslope viscous flow of fine-grained materials that have been saturated with water, moving under the pull of gravity.

    • See also

    * mudflow * lahar