Snežni plazovi v Sloveniji Geografske značilnosti in preventiva

• Main Author: Pavšek, Miha (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: Slovenian
• Published: Ljubljana ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC 2002
• Series: Geografija Slovenije 6
• Subjects: Slovenia; Natural disasters; endangered areas; natural disasters; physical geography; snow avalanches; snow science; elementarne nesreče; fizična geografija; lavinologija; naravne nesreče; ogrožena območja; Slovenija; snežni plazovi
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In comparison to other disasters, snow avalanches endanger only a small part of surface of Slovenia, but they are problematic mostly because of their spatial and temporal unpredictability. Focusing on alpine landscape, the author studies the natural geographical characteristics of snow avalanches.