Usually means: Gradual downhill movement of soil.
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  1. soil creep: Merriam-Webster
  2. soil creep: Collins English Dictionary
  3. soil-creep: Wordnik
  4. soil creep: Wiktionary
  5. soil creep: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. soil creep: Dictionary.com
  7. Soil creep: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (soil creep)

▸ noun:  (geomorphology) downhill creep

Similar:
downhill creep, solifluction, slud, mass wasting, slippage, swelling soil, slumpage, drift, slumping, landslip, more...

Opposite:
soil heave, soil uplift, soil upheaval

Types:
soil flow, soil slide, soil slump, more...

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Similar:
downhill creep, solifluction, slud, mass wasting, slippage, swelling soil, slumpage, drift, slumping, landslip, more...

Opposite:
soil heave, soil uplift, soil upheaval

Types:
soil flow, soil slide, soil slump, more...



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