Does lava include similar pattern of flowing just like water?

Solution 1:

Lava spreads slower and shorter distance (except in the Nether, where water can't be placed and lava flows faster and further), but otherwise spreads using the same rules as water blocks.

It also can not "create" source blocks unlike waterFor example:

WXW

W= Water source block
X= Empty block

Since two water source blocks adjacent to empty block, a new water source block is created.

However, this does not apply to lava blocks. New lava source blocks can not be created using this method.

Finally, when encountering water, lava turns into cobblestone unless the lava block that touches water is a source block, in this case it turns into obsidian.