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Hazard Probability
of Ice Avalanches

0 1 2 3 4 Kilometer

0 1 2 3 4 Kilometer

Glacier

Lake with ID and
Hazard Potential

High
Low

Hazard Probability of
Flashflood

Glacier
Settlement
Road
Vegetation

Level I
Level II
Level III
Level IV

Debris Flow

high
low

high
low

Figure 14.5. Examples from the fl ow modelling. Left: probability of an area affected by ice
avalanches, right: probability of an area affected by fl ash fl oods and mudfl ows (Bolch et al.
2011a, Peters 2009).