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Downflow

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flowdownnounThe process by which something flows downward.
flowbacknounThe flowing backward of a fluid.
flowthroughnounflow (through a system or process)
backflushnounA temporary reversal of the flow of fluid, especially of liquid through a membrane.
interflownounA flowing between two or more entities.
mudflownounA type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water.
effluxionnounThe process of flowing out.
downwellingnounThe sinking of a higher-density medium through a lower-density one.
throughflownoun(hydrology) The movement of water horizontally beneath the land surface, usually when the soil is completely saturated.
upwellingnounthe oceanographic phenomenon that occurs when strong, usually seasonal, winds push water away from the coast, bringing cold, nutrient-rich deep waters up to the surface
flownounMovement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
outflownounThe process of flowing out.
blowdownnoun(forestry) Uprooting, overtopping, or bole breakage of trees by the wind; windthrow and windsnap.
return flownoun(agriculture) Surface or subsurface water that leaves the field following application of irrigation water.
backdiffusionnoundiffusion against the flow of a fluid
retrojectionnoun(medicine) The washing out of a cavity by the backward flow of an injected fluid.
autoflownounautomatic flow
drainoutnounA channel for the purpose of draining liquid out of a system.
turbulizationnounThe transition of a flow from laminar to turbulent
eluviationnoun(soil science, countable) The sideways or downward movement of dissolved or suspended material within soil caused by rainfall

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