Debris Flow
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Earth & Environmental Sciences Dictionary
Definition
An Earth and environmental sciences concept defining a process, measurement, or principle used to understand Earth and its systems. It applies within stated assumptions and depends on reliable observation and analysis. It does not ensure correct inference without attention to scale, uncertainty, and validation.
Debris Flow
Commerce, Trade & Industry Dictionary
Definition
A rapid, gravity-driven mass flow of water-saturated sediment, rock fragments and organic material that moves downslope or through channels with a concentrated, often non-Newtonian, flow behaviour and transports large volumes of solid material and woody debris.