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Slush avalanche

Flow of a partially or totally saturated snow cover, common during rapid spring breakup in arctic and subarctic alpine regions. Slush avalanches can cascade from slopes as gentle as 3 or 4 degrees--practically level ground. Considerable earth and rock material may also be carried downward. Syn: Slush fall.

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