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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Murgänge

English translation:

debris flow

Added to glossary by Christine Lam
Aug 28, 2004 20:25
22 yrs ago
German term

Murgänge

Prozesse wie Lawinen, Rutschungen, Murgänge und Felsstürze gehören in Gebirgsregionen zum natürlichen morphologischen Prozessgeschehen

Proposed translations

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German term (edited): Murg�nge
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debris flow

According to this site.

Debris flow
Murgang
http://www.geobrugg.com/ch/index.lasso
Peer comment(s):

agree Christine Slattery : you were faster Kim!
1 min
agree roneill
1 hr
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German term (edited): Murg�nge

debris (stone) flow

these are the channels built by the debris dislocated and pushed by the avanlanche
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agree Orla Ryan
11 mins
thanks, Kim got it first
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German term (edited): Murg�nge

rockfall

acc. to google, Murgänge = Gerölllawinen

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Note added at 4 mins (2004-08-28 20:30:34 GMT)
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but that\'s the same as Felssturz, so you probably need a different term
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German term (edited): Murg�nge

torrential wash / mud flow

:-)
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German term (edited): Murg�nge

Moraine

I think this might be to do with moraine - I am not sure if it would be a "moraine slide" or fall...or something, but you could try looking up moraine and seeing if that helps!
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