Cascade

Cascade, Cascades or Cascading may refer to:

Science

 * Cascade waterfalls, or series of waterfalls
 * Cascade, the CRISPR-associated complex for antiviral defense (a protein complex)
 * Cascade (grape), a type of fruit
 * Biochemical cascade, a series of biochemical reactions, in which a product of the previous step is the substrate of the next
 * Energy cascade, a process important in turbulent flow and drag by which kinetic energy is converted into heat
 * Collision cascade, a set of nearby adjacent energetic collisions of atoms induced by an energetic particle in a solid or liquid
 * Ecological cascade, a series of secondary extinctions triggered by the primary extinction of a key species in an ecosystem
 * Trophic cascade, an interaction that can occur throughout an ecosystem when a trophic level is suppressed
 * Air shower (physics)
 * Particle shower

Computing

 * Cascading classifiers, a multistage classification scheme
 * Cascading deletion, a way to handle deletions in database systems
 * Cascading (software), an abstraction layer for Hadoop
 * Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), style sheet language used in markup languages like HTML
 * Cascade (computer virus), a type of computer virus in the 1980s
 * Method cascading, in object-oriented languages

Engineering

 * Cascade amplifier, any two-port network constructed from a series of amplifiers
 * Cascade (chemical engineering), a series of chemical processes
 * Cascade filling system, for gasses
 * Cascade connection, a type of electrical network connection
 * Cascade motor connection, a speed control system for induction motor

Places

 * Cascade Range, a mountain range on the west coast of North America
 * Cascade Creek (disambiguation)
 * Cascade Falls (disambiguation)
 * Cascade River (disambiguation)
 * Yerevan Cascade

Australia

 * Cascade, Norfolk Island, a settlement in the Australian external territory of Norfolk Island
 * Cascades, Tasmania, a suburb of Hobart
 * Cascade, Western Australia

Canada

 * Cascade City, British Columbia, aka Cascade Falls, a ghost town
 * Cascade Falls (Kettle River), the eponymous waterfall near Cascade City
 * Cascade Inlet, a side-inlet of Dean Channel in the Central Coast region of British Columbia
 * Cascade Falls (Iskut River), waterfall in the Stikine-Iskut region of British Columbia
 * Cascade Falls Regional Park, located on Cascade Creek northeast of the District of Mission in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia

United States

 * Cascades (ecoregion), an area of Washington, Oregon, and California
 * Cascade, California, an unincorporated community in Plumas County
 * Cascade, Colorado
 * Cascade, Idaho
 * Lake Cascade, a reservoir in Idaho
 * Cascade, Indiana, an unincorporated community
 * Cascade, Iowa, a city in Dubuque County and Jones County
 * Cascade Township, Michigan
 * Cascade Township, Olmsted County, Minnesota
 * Cascade, Missouri
 * Cascade, Montana
 * Cascade County, Montana
 * Cascade, Nebraska
 * Cascade, New Hampshire
 * Cascade, Ohio, a former town in Putnam County
 * Cascade Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
 * Cascade, Virginia, an unincorporated community
 * Cascades, Virginia, a census-designated place in Loudoun County
 * Cascade, Seattle, Washington
 * Cascade-Fairwood, Washington, a census-designated place in King County
 * Cascade, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
 * Cascade, Wisconsin, a village in Sheboygan County

Elsewhere

 * Cascade, Jamaica, a settlement in Jamaica
 * Cascade, Seychelles, an administrative district of Seychelles
 * Penpedairheol, Caerphilly, also known as "Cascade", South Wales, United Kingdom
 * Cascade, a public housing estates in Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong

Organizations

 * Cascade Brewery, a brewery founded in 1832 in Australia
 * Cascade Communications, a communications equipment manufacturer
 * Cascade Investment, a financial company
 * Cascades (company), a paper pulp company, founded in 1957 in Canada
 * Open Cascade, a software development company with head office in France

Arts and entertainment

 * The Cascade, a Canadian newspaper, first published in 1993 in British Columbia
 * [S] Cascade, a flash animation from the webcomic Homestuck

Artists

 * Cascade (band), a Japanese rock group, who formed in 1993
 * Cascade, a former name of the German dance group Cascada
 * Cascade, a British DJ duo also recording under the alias Transa

Albums

 * Cascade, a 1984 album by Capercaillie
 * Cascade, a 1986 album recorded by Terry Oldfield
 * Cascade (Peter Murphy album), a 1995 album by Peter Murphy
 * Cascade (Guy Manning album), a 2001 album by Guy Manning
 * Cascade, a 2009 album by Abaddon Incarnate
 * Cascade (William Basinski album), a 2015 album by William Basinski

Songs

 * "Cascade", a song written by Gene Slone and played by Chet Atkins on his 1977 album Me and My Guitar
 * "Cascade", a song by Spyro Gyra from the 1978 album Spyro Gyra
 * "Cascade", a song by Siouxsie and the Banshees from the 1982 album A Kiss in the Dreamhouse
 * "Cascade" (song), a 1993 single by The Future Sound of London
 * "Cascade", a song by Dave Weckl from the 2005 album Multiplicity
 * "The Cascade", a song by Moving Mountains from the 2011 album Waves
 * "Cascade", a song by Kreidler from the 2012 album Den

Transportation

 * Cascade (train), a railroad train
 * USS Cascade (AD-16), a 1942 ship

Other uses

 * Cascade College, a former college in Oregon, US
 * Cascade (juggling), a juggling pattern
 * Cascade hop, an agricultural crop
 * Jabot (window), also called a cascade, a type of interior decor
 * Information cascade, when people use the actions of others as an input to their own actions
 * Cascade, a household dishwashing detergent manufactured by Procter & Gamble