an air-fluidized slide of snow, ice, or rock and soil debris. The slide may travel at speeds in excess of 100 mph and become airborne in places.

A rapidly moving landslide that occurs when a section of a volcanic cone collapses catastrophically under the force of gravity

An event where a mass of snow, rock, and ice falls down a mountain. Usually it refers to a snow avalanche. In the U.S. the term snow slide is commonly used to mean a snow avalanche.

a large mass of snow, ice, soil or rock, which detaches from a mountain slope and slides or falls suddenly downward; the sliding or falling of rocks, snow or other materials down the side of a mountain

A mass of snow, perhaps containing ice and rocks, moving rapidly down a steep mountain slope. Characterized as loose and turbulent, usually from dry snow, or slab, usually from wet snow. Avalanche Bibliography and Glossary-- Blizzard A severe weather condition characterized by winds of 35 mph or higher, and visibility reduced to less than 1/4 mile due to blowing and/or falling snow. Usually considered a blizzard when conditions prevail for three hours or more. -- Chinook foehn wind that occurs on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountain front. The chinook usually blows from the southwest and is sometimes called the "snow eater" since temperatures may rise as much as 20 to 40 degrees in a short amount of time, melting and evaporating snow. The rise in temperature is due to three causes: the replacement of a cold air mass by advection of warmer air; dynamic heating by subsidence; and the inhibition or destruction of the normal night ground inversion.

A turbulent cloud of debris mixed with air that rushes down a steep hill slope at high velocity; the debris can be rock and/or snow.

(Jargon Rating=1) A fall or slide of a large mass, as of snow or rock, down a mountainside. If you hear someone shouting avalanche it is usually good advice to run.. because chances are you are about to be crushed. Dont worry though, nanobots can fix most injuries.

the rapid and sudden sliding and flowage of masses of usually incoherent and unsorted mixtures of snow/ice/rock material.11 Return to Top of List

a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain

of snow masses in the mountains

a a large mass of falling and/or sliding material

a gravity flow of snow and air mixed together

a large mass in motion down a mountainside or over a precipice

a mass of loosened snow or ice that suddenly and swiftly slides down a mountain, often growing as it descends and collects additional material such as mud, rocks, trees and debris

a mass of sliding snow, ice, earth, and rock that grows and collects additional material as it descends

a mass of snow and ice falling suddenly down a mountain slope, often taking earth, rocks and rubble with it

a mass of snow sliding down a mountainside

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a movement of the SNOW , an ICE , a water, a rock, a GROUND, a vegetation, an etc fast, of downslope, mixed in several proportions

a moving mass of snow or snow and ice

a moving mass of snow that may contain ice, soil, rocks, and uprooted trees

an air-fluidized flow of debris or snow or ice downslope

a natural disaster involving the collapse of a region of snow from a mountain

a natural process in which snow responds to the pull of gravity

an example disaster master of a gravity current consisting of granular material

an example of a current of the gravity that consists of the granular material

an uncontrollable mass that destroys anything in its path, often killing innocent victims

a rapid, downslope movement of SNOW , ICE , water, rock, SOIL , vegetation, etc, mixed in various proportions

a rapid downslope movement of some combination of rock , regolith , snow, slush, and ice

a slide of a great mass of the snow (or rock) under a slope, caused when an accumulation of the snow is sent under a hill, and is one of the done main dangers in front in mountains in winter

a slide of a large snow (or rock) mass down a mountainside, caused when a buildup of snow is released down a slope, and is one of the major dangers faced in the mountains in

a large mass of snow, ice, soil, rock, or mixture of these, which falls or slides very rapidly under the force of gravity.

Movement of snow and ice down the mountain.

Rapid and sudden sliding and flowage of masses of usually unsorted mixtures of snow/ice/rock material (in EM-DAT, « avalanche » is a disaster subset of disaster type « slide »).

a large mass of rapidly moving snow down a steep mountain slope.

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.

large amount of snow, ice, rock, or dirt that slides down a mountain

When a large amount of snow or ice suddenly slides or falls downhill. A loose avalanche starts in a small area and grows as it goes down a mountain as a snow mass. A slab avalanche starts when a large piece of snow begins to slide all at once - like a magazine sliding off a table

large amount of snow that falls down a slope due to gravity

Mass of snow and ice falling suddenly down a mountain slope and often taking with it earth, rocks, and rubble of every description.

1. (Also called snowslide.) A mass of snow (perhaps containing ice and rocks) moving rapidly down a steep mountain slope. Avalanches may be characterized as loose and turbulent, or slab; either type may be dry or wet according to the nature of the snow forming it, although dry snow usually forms loose avalanches and wet snow forms slabs. A large avalanche sweeps a current of air along with and in front of it as an avalanche wind, which supplements its already tremendous destructive force. See wind slab; compare sluff. 2. (Also called landslide.) A mass of earth material (soil, rock, etc.) moving rapidly down a steep slope.

a massive fall of ice and snow

A mass of snow, rock, and/or ice falling down a mountain or incline. In practice, it usually refers to the snow avalanche. In the United States, the term snow slide is commonly used to mean a snow avalanche.

A swift sudden landslide of snow, ice, rocks, or dirt down a mountain slope

A large mass of snow, ice, soil or rock or mixtures of these materials, falling or sliding very rapidly under the force of gravity.

movement down the mountain of previously stationary snow, rock, or both. Snow avalanche in open slopes can often be predicted by monitoring the weather.

A release of ice or snow (either caused by humans or natural conditions) which sends the debris down the slope and can be extremely dangerous.

Avalanche is an arcade game of skill released by Atari in 1978. You control a multi-storied platform with a dial. Your goal is to prevent the falling rocks from ever reaching the ground.

Avalanche is the 5th album released by British singer/songwriter Thea Gilmore. It was released on 9 September 2003 to general high praise.