rockflow

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noun

A landslide of rocks; a downslope flow of rocks (compare earthflow).

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Meanings

nounrockflow (plural rockflows)

plural rockflows

  1. A landslide of rocks; a downslope flow of rocks (compare earthflow).

    [A] rockflow involving at least 1.5 million m3 of material moved down the Uchau-Su river valley into the sea within a day. Some mudflows are so viscous that they come to a halt in the stream channel. On slopes, soilflow or earthflow depend[…]

    2020 May 11, Alistair F. Pitty, Introduction to Geomorphology, Routledge, →ISBN

Origin

From rock + flow.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

rockflow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rockflow

MLA

“rockflow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rockflow. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rockflow,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rockflow.

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