lahars in English

noun
1
a destructive mudflow on the slopes of a volcano.
Some volcanic eruptions generate dangerous lahars (mud flows of volcanic ash mixed with water) that travel far beyond the volcano.

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1. Cold lahars caused by heavy rainfall after the eruption killed an additional 200.

2. Lahars are slurries of water and volcanic sediment that become so dense that they are like flowing concrete.

3. Flooding is another effect of the lahars, since they change the course of rivers and water drainage.

4. In one area a control dike gave way, exposing previously undisturbed areas to lahars as deep as 20 feet [6 m].

5. Mud-flow and laharic tuffs Mud flows and lahars are catastrophic phenomena that may occur regularly at some locations, giving rise to important accumulations of poorly sorted sediments below volcanic slopes.

6. Fluvial valleys do not have time to form, because of continuing obstruction of their courses, as a result of the various volcanic accumulations (e.g., lava flows, landslides, mud flows, lahars, and ash flows).