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- This article refers to the natural event. For other uses, see Avalanche (disambiguation)
An avalanche is a slide of a large snow (or rock) 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 winter. An avalanche is an example of a gravity current consisting of granular material.
In an avalanche, lots of material or mixtures of different types of material fall or slide rapidly under the force of gravity. Avalanches are often classified by what they are made of, for example snow, ice, rock or soil avalanches. A mixture of these would be called a debris avalanche.
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Watching a stunning backyard display of mini snow avalanches blowing freshly fallen fluffy stuff off the trees during strong wind gusts!
KathyTroidle (Kathy Troidle) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:20:59 -0000
Watching a stunning backyard display of mini snow avalanches blowing freshly fallen fluffy stuff off the trees during strong wind gusts!
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Avalanche Centers and Organizations - Liste of organizations from the Westwide Avalanche Network.
Meta Description: [ Avalanche.org provides global snow avalanche information to the public and professional avalanche workers. It is a one stop shop for current conditions, education, accident reports, and more. ]
Canadian Avalanche Association - Contributes to the goal of reducing avalanche incidents world wide.
Colorado Avalanche Accident Statistics - Provides information about education, observing, forecasts, and has statistics of accidents.
University of Calgary Avalanche Research - Research on all aspects avalanche formation.
Utah Avalanche Forecast Center - Avalanche forcasting for Utah ski areas.
Westwide Avalanche Network - Current avalanche information around the world.
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