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Bookmark or Share- Avalanche - WikipediaAvalanches can be triggered spontaneously, by factors such as increased precipitation or snowpack weakening, or by external means such as humans, other animals, and earthquakes. Primarily composed of flowing snow and air, large avalanches have the capability to capture and move ice, rocks, and trees.
- Avalanche: causes and prevention | Britannicaavalanche, Large mass of material, such as snow or rock debris, that moves rapidly down a mountain slope, sweeping everything in its path.
- Avalanches, facts and information - National GeographicFalling masses of snow and ice, avalanches pose a threat to anyone on snowy mountainsides. Beautiful to witness from afar, they can be deadly because of their intensity and seeming...
- Avalanche | Definition, Causes, & Facts | BritannicaAvalanche, 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 material then quickly collects and carries additional material down the slope. There are various kinds of avalanches, including rock
- Avalanche - Education | National Geographic SocietyThe thickness and speed of slab avalanches make them a threat to skiers, snowboarders, mountaineers, and hikers. In the mountains of the western United States, there are about 100,000 avalanches each year. Avalanches kill more than 150 people worldwide each year. Most are snowmobilers, skiers, and snowboarders.
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