cascade avalanche

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• cascade — [n] something falling, especially water avalanche, cataract, chute, deluge, downrush, falls, flood, force, fountain, outpouring, precipitation, rapids, shower, spout, torrent, watercourse, waterfall; concepts 514,787 cascade [v] fall in a rush… …   New thesaurus

• Cascade Volcanoes — Geobox|Range name=Cascade Volcanoes other name= image size=280 image caption=Mount Hood reflected in Trillium Lake country=United States country1=Canada region type = Provinces/States region= Oregon region1= Washington region2= California region3 …   Wikipedia

• Cascade Tunnel — The Cascade Tunnel was a 2.6 mile (4.2 km) long single track railroad tunnel at Stevens Pass through the Cascade Mountains approximately convert|65|mi to the east of Everett, Washington. It was built by the Great Northern Railway in 1900 to avoid …   Wikipedia

• Avalanche (disambiguation) — An avalanche is a cascade of snow down a slope.Groups and things that have been named after the avalanche include:Phenomena: *Rock avalanche *Avalanche breakdown, an electrical process *Avalanche effect, aka bit avalanche , a desirable property… …   Wikipedia

• Cascade — A cascade is a type of waterfall or a series of waterfalls.Cascade may also refer to: Places North America* Cascade Range, a mountain range on the west coast of North America * Cascade Volcanoes, a grouping of volcanoes on the west coast of North …   Wikipedia

• Cascade Mountain (Alberta) — Infobox Mountain Name = Cascade Mountain Photo = Banff townsite with Cascade.jpg Caption = Cascade Mountain as seen from Sulphur Mountain Elevation = convert|2998|m|ft|0 Location = Alberta, Canada Range = Vermillion Range Prominence = Coordinates …   Wikipedia

• avalanche — n 1. snowslide, Brit. snow slip, landslide, cascade, niagara. 2. disaster, cataclysm, catastrophe, calamity, devastation; debacle, Fr. bouleversement. upheaval, convulsion; inundation, deluge, flood …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• cascade — n waterfall, falls, cataract, chute, niagara; downpour, shower, deluge, flood; rush, slide, avalanche …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Wellington, Washington avalanche — The Wellington avalanche was the worst avalanche, measured in terms of lives lost, in the history of the United States.For nine days at the end of February 1910, the little town of Wellington, Washington was assailed by a terrible blizzard.… …   Wikipedia

• Townsend avalanche — A Townsend avalanche is a cascade reaction involving electrons in a region with a sufficiently high electric field. This reaction must also occur in a medium that can be ionized, such as air. It is exploited in devices such as Geiger counters and …   Wikipedia

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