Cascade Facts for Kids

A cascade is

a small splashing waterfall that tumbles down a mountainside in a series of steps.
a series of musical notes.
a series of events which follow each other rapidly, each of which triggers the next.

Cascade may also mean:

Places

Cascade Mountain (Alberta), a mountain in the Bow River Valley of Banff National Park
Cascade, British Columbia, aka Cascade Falls, a ghost town

Cascade, Colorado, an unincorporated town in El Paso County
- Cascade-Chipita Park, Colorado, a census-designated place
Cascade, Idaho, a city in Valley County
Cascade, Iowa, a city in Dubuque County and Jones County
Cascade, Montana, a town in Cascade County
Cascade, New Hampshire, a village within the town of Gorham and the city of Berlin
Cascade, Seattle, Washington, a small neighborhood abutting downtown Seattle
Cascade, Wisconsin, a village in Sheboygan County
Cascade-Fairwood, Washington, a census-designated place in King County
Cascade Locks, Oregon, a city in Hood River County
Cascade Township, Michigan, a charter township of Kent County
Cascade Township, Minnesota, in Olmsted County
Cascade Township, Pennsylvania, in Lycoming County
Cascade Valley, Washington, a census-designated place in Grant County

Cascade Highway (Washington), a portion of U.S. Route 2 through the northern Cascades in Washington
Cascade Highway (Oregon), a portion of Oregon Route 213 running from Silverton to Stayton in Oregon
Cascade Lakes, a collection of lakes in Oregon
Cascade Mountain (New York), a mountain in Essex County of New York
Cascade Park, a Lorain County Metropark in Elyria, Ohio
Cascade Pass, a mountain pass in Washington
Cascade Tunnel, a railroad tunnel near Everett, Washington
Shasta Cascade, a region of northern California

WALES, UK

Cascade, Rhymney Valley,

Ablation cascade, a possible catastrophic orbital event
Biochemical cascade, a consecutive series of chemical reactions
- Complement cascade or Complement system, a biochemical cascade in the immune system
- MAPK cascade, a process in the action of cancer genes
Cascade reaction, a consecutive series of chemical reactions within a molecule
Electron cascade or Electron avalanche, a process in physics
- Quantum cascade laser, a unipolar semiconductor laser
Event cascade, a problem in event-driven computer programming
Informational cascade, an economic theory
Cascading failure, a failure in a system of interconnected parts
Cascade (chemical engineering), a series of chemical processes
Cascading rollback, multiple failure after a database rollback
Cascading Style Sheets specifying the appearance of web information
Fractional cascading, a data structuring technique for speeding up binary searches

Boise Cascade, an American pulp and paper company
Cascade Bicycle Club, a non-profit organization and advocacy group, Seattle, Washington
Cascade Brewery, a brewer in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Cascade College, a private college in Portland, Oregon
Cascade Communications, a manufacturer of communications equipment
Cascade Corporation, a manufacturer of Material Handling Equipment in Portland, OR
Cascade Investments LLC, a private investments and holding company owned by Bill Gates
Cascade Limited, a subsidiary of Pacific Century Cyberworks (PCCW), a Hong Kong telecommunications company
Cascade Lacrosse, a sports manufacturer
Cascade Collegiate Conference, a sports conference in the western United States
Open CASCADE, a software development company with head office in France
CASCADE, an EU-funded research project, targeting health risks in food

Cascade converter, a type of motor-generator
Cascade (juggling), a juggling pattern
Resonance cascade, the event that started "The Black Mesa Incident" in the Half-Life game series.
Cascade virus, a computer virus
USS Cascade (AD-16), a United States Navy destroyer tender
A variety of hops found in North America
Kemble's Cascade, a pattern of stars
A brand name of detergent by Procter & Gamble
A variety of Seibel grapes
Superencryption, or Cascading encryption, when an encrypted message is encrypted again