MEANING
The slow downslope movement of water-saturated soil, especially over frozen or impermeable ground.
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Waterlogged soil slowly creeps downhill over a frozen or impermeable layer.Use for gradual soil movement on cold-region slopes, especially where thawed ground rests on frozen soil.
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Solifluction dragged the colony’s buried cables downslope each spring.
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