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Record 1 2007-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
  • Glaciology
DEF

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

CONT

The avalanche will carry you into the trees. A large slide released yesterday. [Examples approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.]

PHR

Avalanche activity, cycle, model, motion, path, speed.

PHR

Avalanche accelerates, occurs, runs, slows, stops.

PHR

Powder, slab avalanche.

PHR

Dry-snow, large, loose, loose-snow, size-2, small, wet, wet-snow, avalanche.

PHR

Initiate, provoke, release, start, trigger an avalanche.

OBS

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.

OBS

In practice "avalanche" usually refers to the snow avalanche. In the U.S. the term snowslide is commonly used to mean a snow avalanche.

OBS

avalanche; snow avalanche; snowslide; slide: terms officially approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
  • Glaciologie
DEF

Masse de neige et de glace se détachant brusquement le long des flancs d'une montagne et entraînant fréquemment de la terre, des roches et des débris de toute nature.

CONT

L'avalanche vous entraînera dans les arbres. Une grosse avalanche s'est produite hier. [Exemples entérinés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.]

PHR

Avalanche à départ ponctuel. Avalanche de moyenne importance, de neige sèche, de neige humide, de neige mouillée, de plaque, de poudreuse, de vallée.

PHR

Avalanche accidentelle, artificielle, catastrophique, coulante, dangereuse, exceptionnelle, mixte, mortelle, spontanée.

PHR

Avalanche descend, emporte, rase, ravage, se déclenche, se produit, survient.

PHR

Accident, bulletin, chien, danger, débris, déclenchement, départ, descente, nombre, pelle, prévision, risque, souffle, type, victime d'avalanche. Cartographie, étude, géographie, prévention, service des avalanches. Ampleur, intensité, phase, taille d'une avalanche. Lutte contre les avalanches. Limite de l'avalanche.

PHR

Grande, grosse, moyenne, petite avalanche.

PHR

Déclencher, provoquer, redouter, signaler une avalanche.

OBS

avalanche : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fenómenos meteorológicos, climáticos y atmosféricos
  • Glaciología
DEF

Masa de nieve y hielo que se desprende de repente de una ladera y que con frecuencia acarrea tierra, rocas y desechos de todo tipo.

CONT

Corrimiento catastrófico de rocas, hielo o nieve.

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