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Mountain Hazards

Horizontales
May be exacerbated by thermal winds and hot, dry weather.
Avalanche type that typically occurs in the Spring.
Increases the risk of natural hazards but can be mitigated by sustainable land practices and ecosystem restoration.
The shaking of the earth's surface caused by a sudden release of energy in the earth's crust that creates seismic waves.
Molten rock beneath the earth's surface.
By slowing the rate of initial runoff, this risk is reduced by retaining land-cover with rich vegetative cover.
When lava and gas are released from a volcano.
A mass of solid rocks moving quickly downslope.
Verticales
Forest fires can be caused by _______________.
Landslide released after removal of supporting glacial ice.
Minor seismic shaking.
Molten rock that breaks through the earth's surface.
Type of avalanche triggered when the upper layers of snowpack begin to move over a weak layer.
Mass movement of snow.
Changes in ___________ impact mountain slope stability and the frequency and severity of natural hazards.
Type of avalanche triggered when the week layer of a snowpack is on the top.
Movement of a soil layer on a slope due to water and gravity.
Natural or human, causing avalanche.