Avalanches

•An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, from either natural triggers or human activity. Typically occurring in mountainous terrain, an avalanche can mix air and water with the descending snow. Powerful avalanches have the capability to entrain ice, rocks, trees, and other material on the slope. Avalanches are primarily composed of flowing snow, and are distinct from mudslides, rock slides, and serac collapses on an icefall. In mountainous terrain avalanches are among the most serious objective hazards to life and property, with their destructive capability resulting from their potential to carry an enormous mass of snow rapidly over large distances.

•Avalanches are classified by their morphological characteristics, and are rated by either their destructive potential, or the mass of the downward flowing snow. Some of the morphological characteristics used to classify avalanches include the type of snow involved, the nature of the failure, the sliding surface, the propagation mechanism of the failure, the trigger of the avalanche, the slope angle, direction, and elevation. Avalanche size, mass, and destructive potential are rated on a logarithmic scale, typically made up of 4 to 7 categories, with the precise definition of the categories depending on the observation system or forecast region.

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The Avalanches was created in 1997.

Operation Avalanche - Afghanistan - happened in 2003-12.

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Rock avalanches can move at great speeds due to the combination of loose rock material and their steep slopes. When the slope fails, the rocks can accelerate quickly due to gravity, generating high speeds as they travel downhill. The fast movement of rock debris in avalanches is also attributed to the lack of friction and resistance as it flows over the ground.

A avalanche can range from 100 dB to 180 dB

Yes they do affect animals because it could get to them or make them not be able to get food.

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No it doesn't.

Melting of snow causing the layers to become different causing more avalanches. Also if the enhanced greenhouse effect keeps going for centuries then there will be no snow so no avelanches.

An avalanche is a large mass of snow, ice, and rocks that rapidly moves down a mountainside. It does not have a specific number of cups as it is a natural occurrence rather than a tangible object.

There have been as many avalanches as the same amount of people having a cow if they suddenly decide to go skiing and wet themselves because they blow and they wish they had the skills of a freak.

Avalanches impact the four spheres—atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere—through their dynamic interactions. In the atmosphere, they can generate strong winds and snow clouds, affecting weather patterns. The lithosphere is directly altered as the avalanche displaces soil and rock, reshaping landscapes. In the biosphere, avalanches can destroy habitats and endanger wildlife, while also affecting human activities and settlements.

It causes death and wreckage and if you live near a mountain and there is an avalanche your house is likely to get flattened. This means you will have to get a new home. If a family member dies then it will be hard to get along without them. The only way it won't effect your life is that you die.

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