Western Norway and parts of Northern Norway are particularly vulnerable to rock avalanches.Copyright:Colourbox
Rock avalanches and rock falls
08.11.2012 14:28 Share: FacebookTwitterRead AloudPrint
Rock avalanches occur when a large volume of stone blocks loosens from a mountainside.
Once in a great while, large sections of a mountainside will come loose. This can have enormous consequences on both settlement and infrastructure in large areas around the location of the slide. The greates threat posed by a slide is when large sections of a mountain crash into fjords, creating towering tidal waves.