SOLIFLUCTION


Meaning of SOLIFLUCTION in English

[so.li.fluc.tion] n [L solum soil + -i- + fluction-, fluctio act of flowing, fr. fluere to flow--more at fluid] (1906): the slow creeping of saturated fragmental material (as soil) down a slope that usu. occurs in regions of perennial frost

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