"slab avalanche" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: slab avalanches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} slab avalanche (plural slab avalanches)
  1. A type of avalanche during which a cohesive, dense layer of snow (the slab) detaches from a weaker, less stable layer underneath, and slides downwards as a single, large block Translations (Translations): 板狀雪崩 /板状雪崩 (Chinese Mandarin)

Alternative forms

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