The mapping of natural avalanche complexes for plains (on the example of the Sakhalin Island)
Only mountainous areas are usually considered avalanche-hazardous. However in Russia there have been many cases of avalanching in the plains. Avalanche on the plains are formed on the slopes of dunes, sea and river terraces, ravines, river banks. The paper shows geomorphologic factors and features of the avalanche formation in plain areas on the Sakhalin Island. The paper presents geomorphologic factors and avalanche conditions in the plains of the Sakhalin Island and the map of the avalanche hazard of plains of the Sakhalin Island (in scale 1 : 1 000 000)