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avalanches  

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  • Avalanches occur as rapid, gravity-driven accelerations of different materials downslope at high rates of speed. All avalanches are caused by an overburden of material that is too massive and unstable for the slope that supports them. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Avalanches]

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