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A large mass of material falling or sliding rapidly due to the force of gravity. In many cases, water acts as a catalyst and/or lubricant. Avalanches often are classified by what is moving, such as a snow, ice, soil, or rock avalanche. A mixture of these materials is commonly called a debris flow.
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Movement down the mountain of previously stationary snow, rock, or both. Snow avalanche conditions for open slopes can often be predicted by monitoring the weather. As days of high avalanche danger and known avalanche areas are generally avoided, more climbers are injured by a single falling rock or piece of ice.
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A mass of snow and potentially rock and ice falling down a mountain. There are numerous sub categories of avalanches
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• (n.) A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice. • (n.) A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice. • (n.) A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything.
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A large mass of material or mixtures of material falling or sliding rapidly under the force of gravity. Avalanches often are classified by their content, such as snow, ice, soil, or rock avalanches. A mixture of these materials is a debris avalanche.
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a mass of material moving rapidly down a slope. An avalanche is typically triggered when material on a slope breaks loose from its surroundings; this ... [5 related articles]
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a cumulative process in which a charged particle gives rise, by collision with molecules of a gas, to a large number of charged particles
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In World War II, codename for the Allied landings at Salerno, Italy, September 1943. ...
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A large mass of material or mixtures of material falling or sliding rapidly under the force of gravity. Avalanches often are classified by their content, such as snow, ice, soil, or rock avalanches. A mixture of these materials is a debris avalanche.
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a large mass of rapidly moving snow down a steep mountain slope.
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Av'a·lanche` noun [ French
avalanche , from
avaler to descend, to let down, from
aval down, downward; ... (L.
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val , Latin
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1. A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or f...
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An avalanche is a large mass of snow or ice precipitated from the mountains, and distinguished as wind or dust avalanches, when they consist of fresh-fallen snow whirled like a dust storm into the valleys; as sliding avalanches, when they consist of great masses of snow sliding down a slope by their own weight; and as glacier or summer avalanches, ...
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During the Second World War Avalanche was the codename for the Allied landings at Salerno, Italy, in September 1943.
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Avalanche is a cultivated variety of potato.
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mass of snow which becomes detached and slides down a slope, often acquiring great bulk by fresh addition as it descends. An avalanche in motion. (Photograph courtesy of Richard Armstrong, National Snow and Ice Data Center.)
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A mass of snow that slides down a mountainside
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A large mass of snow, ice, and other materials that suddenly slides down a mountain. Also referred to as avi or avy. Similar to a snowslide.
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Operational code name for the Allied invasion at Salerno, September 1943
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A cumulative ionization process in which the ions and electrons of one generation undergo collisions that produce a greater number of ions and electrons in succeeding generations. See also: Breakdown Voltage.
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noun a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
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Fall or flow of a mass of snow and ice down a steep slope under the force of gravity. Avalanches occur because of the unstable nature of snow masses in mountain areas. Changes of temperature, sudden sound, or earth-borne vibrations may trigger an avalanche, particularly on slopes of more than 35°. The snow compacts into ice as it moves, an...
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A mass of snow, rock and ice falling down the side of a mountain at high speeds. There will be signs posted around the mountain if there is a high avalanche risk. See Quick guide to signs and symbols (coming soon!)
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A large snow slide that is often the result of heavy snowfalls, high winds, warm temperatures or human activity.
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