A fast-moving slurry of rock, soil, water and organic material that flows down a slope or channel much like a fluid, often triggered by intense rainfall on steep, sediment-laden terrain or by the sudden melting of snow and ice. Debris flows can travel at tens of kilometres an hour and are one of the deadliest mass-wasting hazards because of their speed and the little warning they give.
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Debris flows are geological phenomena in which water-laden masses of soil and fragmented rock flow down mountainsides, funnel into stream channels, entrain objects in their paths, and form thick, muddy deposits on valley floors.
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