SOLIFLUCTION


Meaning of SOLIFLUCTION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsō-lə-ˌflək-shən ]

noun

Etymology: Latin solum soil + -i- + fluction-, fluctio act of flowing, from fluere to flow — more at fluid

Date: 1906

: the slow creeping of saturated fragmental material (as soil) down a slope that usually occurs in regions of perennial frost

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.