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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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what is the difference between lahar and a landslide ?
  

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A lahar (a word unknown to many native speakers) has to do with volcanic debris. A landslide may have nothing to do with volcanoes.

  • A lahar (a word unknown to many native speakers) has to do with volcanic debris.
  • A landslide may have nothing to do with volcanoes.
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A lahar (a word unknown to many native speakers) has to do with volcanic debris. A landslide may have nothing to do with volcanoes.
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lahar:
A wet mass of volcanic fragments flowing rapidly downhill. Lahars usually contain ash, breccia, and boulders mixed with rainwater or with river or lake water displaced by the lava flow associated with the volcano.

A lahar is a special type of landslide.

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