rockfall

English

Etymology

rock +‎ fall

Noun

rockfall (plural rockfalls)

A quantity of rocks that has fallen from a cliff etc.

Synonyms

rockslide

Translations

a quantity of rocks that has fallen from a cliff

German: Steinschlag (de) m
Hungarian: kőomlás (hu)
Japanese: 崖崩れ (がけくずれ, gakekuzure)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: steinras n

Nynorsk: steinras (nn) n

Russian: камнепа́д (ru) m (kamnepád)

See also

scree
talus

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