Avalanche (disambiguation)
An avalanche is a cascade of snow down a slope.
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Avalanche may also refer to:
Places
- Avalanche, Wisconsin, unincorporated community, United States
- Avalanche Lake (disambiguation)
- Avalanche Peak (disambiguation)
Technology
- Avalanche (blockchain platform), a decentralized, open-source blockchain with smart contract functionality.
- 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 and hashing
- 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
Film and television
- Avalanche (1923 film), an Austrian film
- Avalanche (1928 film), an American silent western film
- Avalanche (1946 film), an American film directed by Irving Allen
- Avalanche (1951 film), a French film
- Avalanche (1952 film), a Japanese film directed by Kaneto Shindō
- Avalanche (1969 film), a British film
- Avalanche (1978 film), an American disaster film with Rock Hudson and Mia Farrow
- Avalanche (1994 film), a Canadian film
- Avalanche (1999 film), an American film directed by Steve Kroschel
- The Avalanche (1919 film), an American film
- The Avalanche (1946 film), a Czech film
- "Avalanche" (Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons), a 1967 episode of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
- Avalanche (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
Music
- Avalanche (band), a 1980s Norwegian disco group
- The Avalanches, an Australian electronic music group
Albums
- Avalanche (EP), a 2000 EP by Echo & the Bunnymen
- Avalanche (Thea Gilmore album), 2003
- Avalanche (Matthew Good album), 2003, or the title song
- Avalanche (Some Velvet Sidewalk album), 1992
- Avalanche (British India album), 2010
- Avalanche (Mountain album), 1974
- Avalanche (Leah Andreone album), 2009
- The Avalanche (Sufjan Stevens album), 2006
- The Avalanche (Owen album), 2020
- Avalanche (Quadron album), 2013
Songs
- "Avalanche" (Bring Me the Horizon song), a song on Bring Me the Horizon's 2015 album That's the Spirit
- "Avalanche" (Leonard Cohen song), a song on Leonard Cohen's 1971 album Songs of Love and Hate
- "Avalanche" (Migos song), a song on Migos' 2021 album Culture III
- "Avalanche," a song on Ryan Adams's 2004 album Love Is Hell
- "Avalanche", a song on Arch Enemy's 2014 album War Eternal
- "Avalanche", a song on David Cook's 2008 album David Cook
- "Avalanche", a song on Marié Digby's 2009 album Breathing Underwater
- "Avalanche", a song on Disillusion's 2006 album Gloria
- "Avalanche", a song on Epica's 2012 album Requiem for the Indifferent
- "Avalanche", a song on The Ghost Inside's 2014 album Dear Youth
- "Avalanche", a song on Gigolo Aunts's 1988 album Everybody Happy
- "Avalanche", a song on Nick Jonas' 2014 album Nick Jonas
- "Avalanche", a song on Manafest's 2010 album The Chase
- "Avalanche", a song on The Smashing Pumpkins' 2023 album Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts
- "Avalanche," a song on Wintersleep's 2003 album Wintersleep
- "Avalanche", a song on Youngblood Brass Band's 2003 album Center:Level:Roar
Gaming
- Avalanche (video game), 1978 arcade game released by Atari
- Avalanche (marble game), mechanical abstract strategy game with marbles
- Avalanche: The Salerno Landings, 1976 board wargame
- 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 Final Fantasy VII; see Characters of the Final Fantasy VII series
Sports
- Avalanche, a professional wrestling character portrayed by John Tenta
- any move performed normally on the mat but when executed off the top or second rope in pro wrestling
- Adelaide Avalanche, an Australia hockey team
- Alaska Avalanche, a US hockey team
- Colorado Avalanche, a US hockey team
- Denver Avalanche, a US soccer team
- Hamilton Avalanche, a Canada soccer team
- Salem Avalanche, a US baseball team
- Quebec Avalanche, a Canada hockey team
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 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 (Blackpool Pleasure Beach), a roller coaster at Pleasure Beach Blackpool
Other meanings
- Avalanche (comics), a Marvel Comics character
- Avalanche, a 1954 children's novel by Anna Rutgers van der Loeff
- Avalanche, a horse in Dragon Avenger, the second book in the Age of Fire series by E. E. Knight
- Avalanche, a 2007 story from the Railway Series book Thomas and Victoria
- Underwater avalanche (or undersea avalanche), synonyms sometimes used for turbidity currents
See also
- Operation Avalanche (disambiguation)
- Lavalas (disambiguation)
- Snowball effect, a metaphorical term for a process of gradual growth
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