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Rockfall

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

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

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stonefallnounThe fall of loose stones from a natural surface.
rockpilenounA pile of rocks.
cragnoun(Northern England) A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.
rock facenounAn exposed, roughly vertical expanse of rock
debrisnounRubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.
rocknounA formation of minerals, specifically:
clastnoun(geology) a fragment of rock that was broken from a larger rock or rock unit.
rocksnoun(slang) Money.
clitternounLoose stones on hillsides deposited by weathering.
scarnounA permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
screenoun(uncountable) Loose stony debris on a slope.
litterfallnoun(ecology, usually uncountable) Plant material that falls to the ground, such as leaves from trees.
rockstacknounA stack of rocks balanced on top of one another
brashnounA rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
logging rocknounA logan: a rocking or balanced stone.
spallingnounAny process that spalls a surface, or the damage that results from that process: spallation.
scarpingnounThe formation of cliffs by erosion.
rubblenounThe broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry.
rockfillnounA dam's embankment of compacted free-draining granular earth, often containing rocks, with an impervious zone.
earthfallnounA landslide.

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