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Major Avalanches

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Avalanches are a mass movement of snow and ice down a hillside. They occur when unique circumstances of ...

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Abstract

Avalanches are a mass movement of snow and ice down a hillside. They occur when unique circumstances of climate and topographic factors come together. This maps shows major avalanches beginning with the Rogers Pass avalanche in 1906 and extending to the 1999 avalanche in Kangiqsualujjuaq, Quebec.

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