Avalanche (disambiguation)

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An avalanche is a cascade of snow down a slope (for rocks or debris see rockslide).

Avalanche may also refer to:

Places

• Avalanche, Wisconsin, unincorporated community, United States

Film and television

• Avalanche (1923 film), a 1923 Austrian film
• Avalanche (1928 film), a 1928 American silent western film
• Avalanche (1946 film) a 1946 American film directed by Irving Allen
• Avalanche (1951 film) a 1951 French film
• The Avalanche (1919 film), a 1919 American film
• The Avalanche (1946 film), a 1946 Czech film
• Avalanche (1952 film), a 1952 Japanese film directed by Kaneto Shindō
• Avalanche (1969 film), a 1969 British film
• Avalanche (1978 film), a 1978 American disaster film with Rock Hudson and Mia Farrow
• Avalanche (1994 film), a 1994 Canadian film
• Avalanche (1999 film), (Also known as Escape from Alaska), a 1999 American film directed by Steve Kroschel
• "Avalanche" (Captain Scarlet), a 1967 episode of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

Music

• Avalanche (band), a 1980s Norwegian disco group
• The Avalanches, an Australian electronic music group

Gaming

• Avalanche (video game), 1978 arcade game released by Atari
• Avalanche (drinking game)
• Avalanche (marble game), a mechanical abstract strategy game with marbles.
• Avalanche chess, chess variant
• Avalanche joseki, sequence in the game of Go
• Avalanche Press, producer of wargame and roleplaying game products
• Avalanche Software, American video game developer
• Avalanche Studios, Swedish video game developer
• Avalanche, fictional organization in a video game, see characters of the Final Fantasy VII series
• Avalanche, map on Gears of War 2
• Avalanche, map on Halo 3

Sports

• Avalanche, a professional wrestling character portrayed by John Tenta
• Adelaide Avalanche, an Australia hockey team
• Alaska Avalanche, an Alaska hockey team
• Colorado Avalanche, an NHL (hockey) team based in Denver, Colorado
• Denver Avalanche, a Colorado soccer team
• Hamilton Avalanche, a Canada soccer team
• Salem Avalanche, a Virginia baseball team
• Quebec Avalanche, a Canada hockey team

Technology

• Avalanche (P2P), a proposed peer-to-peer network
• Avalanche (phishing group), a criminal syndicate which performs phishing attacks
• Avalanche breakdown, a form of electric current multiplication
• Avalanche diode
• Avalanche effect, a concept in cryptography
• Avalanche photodiode, a highly sensitive semiconductor device that converts an optical signal into an electrical signal
• Electron avalanche, a process similar to an avalanche breakdown, occurring without connection between two electrodes

Transportation

• Chevrolet Avalanche, a sport utility truck
• HSV Avalanche SUV, a dual-cab utility vehicle
• Avalanche, a GWR Banking Class locomotive run by the Great Western Railway (UK) from 1846 to 1865
• Avalanche, a GWR 3031 Class locomotive that was built for and run on Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915
• Gemballa Avalanche, a high-end automobile

Roller coasters

• Avalanche (Kings Dominion), a roller coaster at Kings Dominion
• Avalanche (Pleasure Beach Blackpool), a roller coaster at Pleasure Beach Blackpool

Other meanings

• Avalanche (comics), a Marvel Comics character
• Snowball effect, a metaphorical term for a process of gradual growth
• Avalanche, a children's novel by Anna Rutgers van der Loeff
• Avalanche, a horse in the second book in the Age of Fire series by E. E. Knight.
• Avalanche (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe

See also

• Operation Avalanche (disambiguation)
• Lavalas (disambiguation)