ISBN: 9781433986529

Edition: First edition.

Description: 48 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.

Contents:

• What is an avalanche?
• Types of avalanche
• What causes avalanches?
• Avalanche impacts
• Controlling avalanches.

LCCN: 2012037760

Control Number: 1891475

Series:

• Nature's wrath, the science behind natural disasters
• Nature's wrath, the science behind natural disasters.

Subjects:

• Avalanches -- Juvenile literature.
• Natural disasters -- Juvenile literature.