Cascades
Rainier's mountain chain
Cascades is the plural of cascade, a noun that designates a series of waterfalls or something that resembles this in its downward movement.
The Cascade Range is a mountain range in North America.
Descending river over precipice
- rapidsTurbulent river section
- tieredHaving multiple levels
- plungeSudden steep descent
- torrentViolent rushing flow
spillway · cataracts · whitewater · gorge · mist · roar · pool · drop
Coastal American region, northward
- Mount RainierPacific Northwest stratovolcano
- Mount HoodDormant stratovolcano in Oregon
- Mount St. HelensActive Washington stratovolcano
- volcanicOf fiery mountain origin
range · peaks · alpine · glaciers · Seattle · Oregon · Washington · wilderness
Self-sustaining causal sequence
- domino effectSequential causation phenomenon
- rippleMinor surface disturbance
- successionFollowing in order
- seriesOrdered set of related items
snowball · escalation · progression · trigger · downstream · spillover · multiplier · knock-on
Arranging cloth loosely
- tumblingAcrobatic rolling and flipping
- fallingMoving downward freely
- flowingMoving continuously onward
- spillingLiquid flowing over edges
pouring · trailing · hanging · layered · tiered · ringlets · curls · waves
File governing visual formatting
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- CSSWeb presentation language
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- overrideCancel by authority
specificity · filtering · data flow · pipeline · networking · chaining · propagation · branching
waterfall
Descending river over precipice
torrent · spillway · cataracts · whitewater · gorge · mist · roar · pool · drop · chute
Pacific Northwest
Coastal American region, northward
- Mount RainierPacific Northwest stratovolcano
- Mount HoodDormant stratovolcano in Oregon
- Mount St. HelensActive Washington stratovolcano
volcanic · range · peaks · alpine · glaciers · Seattle · Oregon · Washington · wilderness · skiing
chain reaction
Self-sustaining causal sequence
- domino effectSequential causation phenomenon
- rippleMinor surface disturbance
- successionFollowing in order
series · snowball · escalation · progression · trigger · downstream · spillover · multiplier · knock-on · sequence
draping
Arranging cloth loosely
- tumblingAcrobatic rolling and flipping
- fallingMoving downward freely
- flowingMoving continuously onward
spilling · pouring · trailing · hanging · layered · tiered · ringlets · curls · waves · ruffles
stylesheet
File governing visual formatting
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- CSSWeb presentation language
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
override · specificity · filtering · data flow · pipeline · networking · chaining · propagation · branching · nested
- mountain rangesAlps, Andes, Himalayas, Rockies, Pyrenees
- US LandformsAppalachian Mountains, Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, Great Basin, Colorado Plateau
- Volcanic ArcsAleutian Islands, Ring of Fire
- mountainsmountain, peaks, peak, summit, summits
- American LandformsGrand Canyon, Rocky Mountains, Rockies, Appalachian Mountains, Appalachians
- American RegionsMidwest, Southwest, Northwest, Deep South, Pacific Northwest
CascadesRockies
North American mountain chain
Appalachians · Sierra Nevada · Great Plains · Central Valley · Mississippi Delta
Cascadesstill water
Water not flowing
stagnant pool · reservoir · standing water · dead water · pooling
Cascadescontainment
Preventing hostile expansion
dampening · isolation · stabilization · bottleneck · firebreak
- cascade effectSequential chain of consequences
- Cascade MountainsPacific Northwest mountain range
- water cascadeFlowing liquid dropping vertically
- Cascade RangePacific Northwest volcanic mountains
- cascading waterfallsWater falling in successive drops
- cascading failureSuccessive linked breakdowns