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Avalanche

An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, such as a hill or mountain. Avalanches can be triggered spontaneously, by factors such as increased precipitation or snowpack weakening, or by external means such as humans, other animals, and earthquakes.

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Overview

Formation

Injuries and deaths

Terrain, snowpack, weather

Dynamics

Human involvement

Notable avalanches

Classification of avalanches

Avalanches of dust on Mars

Related flows

Avalanche disasters

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Avalanche

Nodes121
Edges120
Triples274
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016529
Components1

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Avalanche

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related to Bibliography · 52
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related to External links · 24
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related to Notable avalanches · 17
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has prevention · 14
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has impact · 13
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related to Modeling · 12
Avalanche → Attempts, Avalanches, Chamonix, Destructive Force, His, Lawinen, On, Professor Lagotala, Ueber, Voellmy, Winter Olympics, Zerstörungskraft
related to Mitigation · 10
Avalanche → Another, Finally, In, Occasionally, One, Rigid, There, These, They, To
related to Terrain · 10
Avalanche → Conversely, Cordillera, Diurnal, In, Paine, Patagonia, Slopes, Some, Strong, The
related to Avalanche pathway · 8
Avalanche → As, Runout Zone, Starting Point, The, These, This, Track, When
related to Dynamics · 8
Avalanche → An, Driving, Galtür, If, Resisting, Scientific, This, When

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Avalancheis arapid flow of snow down a slope0.90text
Avalancheis acomponent of the avalanche's weight parallel to the slope0.90text
increased precipitation or snowpack weakeninginstance ofby factors0.80text
or by external means such as humansinstance ofby factors0.80text
other animalsinstance ofby factors0.80text
and earthquakesinstance ofby factors0.80text
the snow's shear strengthinstance ofThe slope angle that can allow moving snow to accelerate depends on a variety of factors0.80text
snow fencesinstance ofPassive preventive systems0.80text
light walls can be used to direct the placement of snowinstance ofPassive preventive systems0.80text
Avalanchehas impactOverall0.60section
Avalanchehas impactClimate0.60section
Avalanchehas impactIn0.60section

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