mudflow

English

Etymology

From mud +‎ flow.

Noun

mudflow (plural mudflows)

1. A type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water.
2. The dried-out product of such a flow.

Synonyms

• mudslide
• mudspate

Translations

A type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water

• Armenian: սելավ (hy) (selav)
• Esperanto: kotofluo
• Georgian: ღვარცოფი (ɣvarcopi)
• German: Murgang m, Mure (de) f
• Japanese: 泥流 (ja) (でいりゅう, deiryū)
• Malayalam: ഉരുൾപൊട്ടൽ (ml) (uruḷpoṭṭal)
• Russian: сель (ru) m (selʹ)
• Swedish: slamström (sv) c
• Tagalog: agos-putik

The dried-out product of such a flow