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Mudflow scar in Never-Summer Range, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado one month after the event in June 1978. The flow consisted of colluvium deposits on bed rock and was precipitated by an irrigation ditch that leaked water and saturated soils. Image Credit: B. Bradley. University of Colorado The slopes above streams and rivers are subjected to a variety of processes that cause them to recede and retreat from the river or stream channel. These processes, collectively called mass wasting, can be classified according to rapidity of movement and according to the type of materials that are transported. |
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