ash flow
Americannoun
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“So you worry about water supply being interfered with in some way, like if there was a big ash flow into one of the reservoirs, and that could cause problems,” Wara said.
From Scientific American • Oct. 27, 2021
The garden trek ends at the edge of a volcanic ash flow, where the thick vegetation has been carved away into a blackened canal running down the side of the mountain.
From Slate • Feb. 29, 2012
We can also give practical information � telling people about ash flow or when a mudflow is coming down a river valley � that has really high stakes.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The ash flow had buried a river that had contained crocodiles.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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