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==Definition==

'''Determine the destructive potential of the avalanche(s) resulting from a specific avalanche problem within a defined location.'''

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|class="Header" style="width:50px;"|Destructive Size
|class="Header" style="width:300px;"|Avalanche destructive potential (definition)
|class="Header" style="width:50px;"|Typical mass
|class="Header" style="width:50px;"|Typical impact pressure
|class="Header" style="width:50px;"|Typical path length
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|class="Class"|Size 1.0
|style="text-align:left;"|Relatively harmless to people.
|<10 t
|1 kPa
|10 m
|-
|class="Class"|Size 2.0
|style="text-align:left;"|Could bury, injure, or kill a person.
|102 t
|10 kPa
|100 m
|-
|class="Class"|Size 3.0
|style="text-align:left;"|Could bury and destroy a car, damage a truck, destroy a wood frame house, or break a few trees.
|103 t
|100 kPa
|1000 m
|-
|class="Class"|Size 4.0
|style="text-align:left;"|Could destroy a railway car, large truck, several buildings, or a forest area of approximately 4 hectares.
|104 t
|500 kPa
|2000 m
|-
|class="Class"|Size 5.0
|style="text-align:left;"|Largest snow avalanche known. Could destroy a village or a forest area of approximately 40 hectares.
|105 t
|1000 kPa
|3000 m
|}

'''Source''':
Canadian Avalanche Association. (2007). ''Observation Guidelines and Recording Standards for Weather, Snowpack, and Avalanches.'' Revelstoke, BC.

==Related documents==
*[[Hazard assessment module]]

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 |class="Header" style="width:50px;"|Typical<br/>path length
 |-
-|class="Class"|Size 1.0
+|class="Class"|1
 |style="text-align:left;"|Relatively harmless to people.
 |&lt;10 t
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 |10 m
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-|class="Class"|Size 2.0
+|class="Class"|2
 |style="text-align:left;"|Could bury, injure, or kill a person.
 |10<sup>2</sup> t
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 |100 m
 |-
-|class="Class"|Size 3.0
+|class="Class"|3
 |style="text-align:left;"|Could bury and destroy a car, damage a truck, destroy a wood frame house, or break a few trees.
 |10<sup>3</sup> t
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 |1000 m
 |-
-|class="Class"|Size 4.0
+|class="Class"|4
 |style="text-align:left;"|Could destroy a railway car, large truck, several buildings, or a forest area of approximately 4 hectares.
 |10<sup>4</sup> t
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 |2000 m
 |-
-|class="Class"|Size 5.0
+|class="Class"|5
 |style="text-align:left;"|Largest snow avalanche known. Could destroy a village or a forest area of approximately 40 hectares.
 |10<sup>5</sup> t

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 '''Source''':
-Canadian Avalanche Association. (2007). ''Observation Guidelines and Recording Standards for Weather, Snowpack, and Avalanches.'' Revelstoke, BC.
+Statham, G., Haegeli, P., Birkeland, K. W., Greene, E., Israelson, C., Tremper, B., et al. (2010). ''A conceptual model of avalanche hazard''. Paper presented at the International Snow Science Workshop, Lake Tahoe, CA.
 ==Related documents==
 *[[Hazard assessment module]]