Sentence examples for large avalanche from inspiring English sources

Without additional survival gear, 50% of the avalanche victims that are buried in a large avalanche suffocate within 20 minutes".

In contrast, no significant correlations were found between monthly temperature variations and years with large avalanche activity on the slope.

Superposed Epoch Analysis indicated that total monthly precipitation during the three snowiest months from May to October of 1971, 1995 and 1998 (years for which climatic data exists for validation) was significantly greater than for years without large avalanche activity.

Dramatic glacier collapses like this are exceedingly rare – the only known ice avalanche of comparable size was the 2002 Kolka glacier event in the Caucasus mountains – and yet, just two months later on 21 September, a neighbouring Tibetan glacier also imploded, generating a similarly large avalanche deposit, but thankfully no casualties this time.

Sometimes a few grains roll down the slope, while occasionally a large avalanche carves a big section of the sandpile.

Such a nontrivial cascade effect accounts for a significant fraction of the avalanche for countries with relatively large avalanche sizes.

The large, avalanche-dominated fans thicken rapidly from an overabundance of snow/ice supply to the point where they become hybrid fan-glaciers.

Very large avalanches are likely," the warning stated.

Large fans with smaller catchments have better linkage to the upper icecap, providing a direct pathway for frequent large avalanches.

The overload of snow led to numerous large avalanches across the Alps, one of which, on the Piz Vilan, in Switzerland, killed five people.

One disconcerting aspect is that large avalanches, epic earthquakes or giant forest fires do not seem to be very special: They appear to be just less frequent, scaled-up versions of small ones.