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The Cascade Range or Cascades is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California. It includes both non-volcanic mountains, such as many of those in the North Cascades , and the notable volcanoes known as the High Cascades .
Trophic cascades are powerful indirect interactions that can control entire ecosystems, occurring when a trophic level in a food web is suppressed. For example, a top-down cascade will occur if predators are effective enough in predation to reduce the abundance, or alter the behavior of their prey, thereby releasing the next lower trophic level from predation (or herbivory if the intermediate ...
Cascade (chemical engineering), a series of chemical processes Cascade amplifier, any two-port network constructed from a series of amplifiers; Cascade connection, a type of electrical network connection
Waterfalls are sometimes interchangeably referred to as "cascades" and "cataracts", though some sources specify a cataract as being a larger and more powerful waterfall [1] [4] [5] and a cascade as being smaller. [6] A plunge pool is a type of stream pool formed at the bottom of a waterfall. [7] A waterfall may also be referred to as a "foss ...
Fracture cascade is a phenomenon in the context of geology and describes triggering a chain reaction of subsequent fractures by a single fracture. [6] The initial fracture leads to the propagation of additional fractures, causing a cascading effect throughout the material.
Maps and electoral vote counts for the 2012 presidential election. Our latest estimate has Obama at 303 electoral votes and Romney at 191.
A cascade effect is an inevitable and sometimes unforeseen chain of events due to an act affecting a system. [1] If there is a possibility that the cascade effect will have a negative impact on the system, it is possible to analyze the effects with a consequence / impact analysis .
Amtrak’s Cascade train passes White Rock, B.C., as passenger service from Seattle to Vancouver, B.C., is offered for the first time since March 2020 on Monday, Sept. 26.