 | 1835 - 588 pages
...known in other mountam regions, as in the Pyrenoes and in Norway¿ They originate in the higher region of the mountains, when the accumulation of snow becomes...the mass rests cannot any longer support it. It then is pushed down the declivity by its own weight, and precipitated into the subjacent valley, where it... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1835 - 564 pages
...known in other mountain regions, as in the Pyrenees and in Norway. They originate in the higher region of the mountains, when the accumulation of snow becomes...the mass rests cannot any longer support it. It then is pushed down the declivity by its own weight, and precipitated into the subjacent valley, where it... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 1102 pages
...known in other mountain regions, as in the Pyrenees and in Norway. They originate in the higher region of the mountains, when the accumulation of snow becomes so great that the inclined flane on which the mass rests cannot any longer support it. t then is pushed down the declivity by... | |
 | Wilhelm Wittich - Earthquakes - 1845 - 432 pages
...the snow-line, but others at a much less elevation. When the accumulation of snow on the declivities becomes so great that the inclined plane on which the mass rests cannot any longer support it, it is carried down the slope by its own weight, and precipitated into the subjacent valley, destroying... | |
 | Treasury - 1853 - 276 pages
...known in other mountain regions, as in the Pyrenees, and in Norway. They originate in the higher region of the mountains, when the accumulation of snow becomes...great that the inclined plane on which the mass rests can no longer support it. The leaping of a chamois, the firing of a pistol, or any noise that shakes... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 pages
...known in other mountain regions, as in the Pyrenees and in Norway. They originate in the higher region of the mountains, when the accumulation of snow becomes...the inclined plane on which the mass rests cannot anv longer support it. It is then pushed down the declivity by its own weight, and precipitated into... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1861 - 354 pages
...known in other mountain regions, as in the Pyrenees, and in Norway. They originate in the higher region of the mountains, when the accumulation of snow becomes...great that the inclined plane on which the mass rests can no longer support it. It is then pushed down the declivity by its own weight, and precipitated... | |
 | Alexander Mackay - Geography - 1873 - 712 pages
...which has been described and repeatedly visited by the celebrated Swiss naturalist, Aralandiet are the most dangerous and terrible phenomena to which the...regions of the mountains, when the accumulation of snow become» so great that the inclined plane on which the mass rests cannot any longer support it : it... | |
 | Alexander Mackay - 1878 - 712 pages
...been described and repeatedly visited by the celebrated Swiss naturalist, Agassiz. A mlanches are the most dangerous and terrible phenomena to which the...mountains, when the accumulation of snow becomes so groat that the inclined plane on which the mass rests cannot any longer support it : it then rolls... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1879 - 702 pages
...known in other mountain regions, as in the Pyrenees and in Norway. They originate in the higher region of the mountains, when the accumulation of snow becomes...which the mass rests cannot any longer support it. It is then pushed down the declivity by its own weight, and precipitated into the subjacent valley, where... | |
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... are exposed. They are especially frequent in the Alps, owing to the steepness of their declivities, but they are also known in other mountain regions, as in the Pyrenees and in Norway. They originate in the higher region of the mountains, when the... 