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    Exam 16: Unsafe Ground: Landslides and Other Mass Movements
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    The Principle Difference Between a Debris Flow and a Mudflow
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The Principle Difference Between a Debris Flow and a Mudflow

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Question 4

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The principle difference between a debris flow and a mudflow is the ____________.


A) shape of the path taken by the moving mass
B) grain size of the moving mass
C) debris flow contains abundant water,whereas the mudflow is dry
D) debris flow contains pyroclastic debris from a volcanic eruption

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