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It is a snow avalanche or simply an avalanche. (Also known as a snowslide or snowslip.)
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Water that flows downhill along Earths surface is called?
Runoff is the water flowing downhill across the surface of the Earth.
What is a dense cloud of super hot gasses and rock fragments that races downhill from an erupting volcano called?
Theyse hot clouds, when they flow downward, are called pyroclastic flows.
What is the term water flows downhill into a shrink the stream flows into a lake and water evaporates from lake?
This is the water cycle.
How are glaciers formed?
A glacier forms as layers of snow build up. The weight from the upper layers of snow pack down the lower layers until the lower layers become very hard and form ice.
When does the river water start flowing?
Rivers usually begin as a trickle of water high in hills or mountains. Some come from rainwater or melting snow. Most emerge from underground streams, formed after rain or snow seeps into the ground then bubbles back to the surface. As the water flows downhill, the trickle swells into a stream and then, as side streams called tributaries join it, into a wider river.
When is snow flows downhill what is it called?
An avalanche
What is the sourde of the river?
The source of a river is usually a spring. Rain sinks into soil or rock layers, then flows downhill until a point where it emerges, which is called a spring. The water then flows downhill on the surface as a river. Some rivers, however, source from the melting ice and snow at the tops of very tall mountains.
Is mudflow a mass of wet sediment that flows downhill as a result of heavy rain melting snow and ice?
Mudflow
What is it called when water flows downhill and breaks into little rivulets?
Grills
Water that flows downhill along Earths surface is called?
Runoff is the water flowing downhill across the surface of the Earth.
What is Water called that flows downhill after it rains?
Water which flows after heavy rain, sleet, or as snow is melting is referred to as runoff. Runoff occurs as soil becomes too saturated to absorb more water. It is often a contributing factor in water erosion.
Mass of wet sediment that flows downhill over the ground surface is called?
water
A is water that has drained from the land and flows downhill to the sea?
river
What happens when water flows downhill?
When water flows downward what will it posses
Water that flows downhill into streambeds?
runoff
What is The path a river follows is called?
The direction that a river flows is called the flow or the drainages. Water generally flows downhill or from a higher elevation to a lower one.
Why does the Amazon flow east?
Water flows downhill, and the topography of that region just happens to be downhill to the east.
