Debris is rubble, wreckage, ruins, litter and discarded garbage/refuse/trash, scattered remains of something destroyed, or, as in geology, large rock fragments left by a melting glacier, etc. Dependin
Debris still present 10 days after the Joplin tornado struck the city of Joplin, Missouri.
Obsidian debris (talus), Obsidian Dome, California.
Marine debris washed ashore on Hawaii
A child plays on an abandoned M41 tank outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 1991
Debris flows are geological phenomena in which water-laden masses of soil and fragmented rock flow down mountainsides, funnel into stream channels, entrain objects in their paths, and form thick, mudd
Debris flow channel with deposits left after 2010 storms in Ladakh, NW Indian Himalaya. Coarse bouldery levees form the channel sides. Poorly sorted rocks lie on the channel floor.
Scars formed by debris flow in Ventura, greater Los Angeles during the winter of 1983. The photograph was taken within several months of the debris flows occurring.
Ancient debris flow deposit at Resting Springs Pass, California
A debris flow in Ladakh, triggered by storms in 2010. It has poor sorting and levees. Steep source catchment is visible in background.