Key:avalanche_protection
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 avalanche_protection
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A man made structure to prevent damages from avalanches. 
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| Status: in use |
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This tag is used to group several kinds of constructions erected to protect hamlets, roads, pistes etc. from avalanches.
Most prominently it is used on snow bridges, but there are more features, that serve the purpose, in quite different ways.
See also
- Avalanche protection - overview with more information
man_made=avalanche_protectionavalanche_protection=snow_bridgecomb-like structure in the starting zoneavalanche_protection=damwall or embankment perpendicular to flow in the runout zoneavalanche_protection=bermwall or embankment at steep angle to flow in the track zoneavalanche_protection=moundroundish wall or embankment in track zoneavalanche_protection=sheda.k.a gallery, a roof over e.g. highways in track or runout zoneavalanche_protection=gas_ignition(Trademarkd as gazex e.g.) in the starting zone to initiate controlled happening- There are also aerialways to drop explosives in the starting zone but no respective tagging seems to exist.
Glossary
- Starting zone: Where masses accumulate and movement starts
- Track zone: Where masses grow and movement speeds up
- Runout zone: Where mass movement gets to a halt