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ЛАВИНИТЕ - ПРЕДПОСТАВКА ЗА ВЪЗНИКВАНЕ НА БЕДСТВЕНА СИТУАЦИЯ
THE AVALANCHES – PRECONDITION FOR DISASTROUS SITUATION

Author(s): Antoan Stratiev, Teodora Todorova
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Сдружение „Академия за иновации и устойчивост“
Keywords: avalanche; disaster; disastrous situation; threat
Summary/Abstract: Avalanches are not rare or random events and are endemic to any mountain range that accumulates a standing snowpack. After initiation, avalanches usually accelerate rapidly and grow in mass and volume as they entrain more snow. Avalanches can be described by their size, their destructive potential, their initiation mechanism, their composition and their dynamics.