A cascade is a waterfall or a series of waterfalls.

Cascade may also refer to:

CASCADE an European Network of Excellence in research, risk assessment, and education concerning endocrine-disrupting chemicals in food. EC Contract number: FOOD-CT-2004-506319. www.cascadenet.org

Places

North America

Cascade Range, a mountain range on the west coast of North America

Canada

Cascade Mountain (Alberta), a mountain located in the Bow River Valley of Banff National Park

Cascade, British Columbia, a ghost town

United StatesCommunities

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 CountyOther U.S. locations

Cascade Highway, in Washington and 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 Oregon

Cascade Tunnel, a railroad tunnel near Everett, Washington

Shasta Cascade, a region of northern California

Seychelles

Cascade, Seychelles, a district in the Republic of Seychelles

Australia

Cascade National Park, a national park in New South Wales

Technology

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

Organizations

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 located in Portland, OR

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

Music

Cascade (album), an album by folk rock band Capercaillie

"Cascade" (song), a single by Future Sound of London

Cascade (band), a Japanese Visual Kei band

A further name for German dance group Cascada

Other

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