1) Break in a dike 2) Cleft 3) Cleft in a glacier 4) Climbing hurdle 5) Crack 6) Crevice 7) Deep cleft in a glacier 8) Deep fissure 9) Deep glacial fissure 10) Deep hole or crack 11) Deep open crack in a glacier 12) Fissure 13) Fissure in glacial ice 14) French word used in English 15) Glacial chasm
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1) Chasm
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A crevasse is a deep crack in an ice sheet or glacier, as opposed to a crevice, which forms in rock. Crevasses form as a result of the movement and resulting stress associated with the shear stress generated when two semi-rigid pieces above a plastic substrate have different rates of movement. The resulting intensity of the shear stress causes a b...
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A crack in a glacier surface. Crevasses vary in width and depth and are often concealed by surface snow that forms a snow bridge. Concealed crevasses are one hazard on glaciers. The other is falling rock.
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A deep, usually vertical, crack or split in a glacier, occurs as a result of the brittle ice flowing over a uneven surface beneath the ice. Crevasses can easily become covered by blown snow, even very wide ones. Great care must be taken when crossing ice and snow fields to avoid them.
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• (n.) A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided. • (n.) A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi.
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fissure or crack in a glacier resulting from stress produced by movement. Crevasses range up to 20 m (65 feet) wide, 45 m (148 feet) deep, and ... [1 related articles]
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Cre`vasse' noun [ French See
Crevice .]
1. A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided.
2. A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississipp...
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1 (glacial geology) A deep crack in the upper surface of a glacier. 2 (natural levee) A break in a natural levee.
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(1) Opening on a levee that allows for the drainage of water from the floodplain to the stream channel. (2) Fracture on the brittle surface of a glacier.
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In geography, a crevasse is A crack in a glacier or ice sheet.
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A deep and often times hidden crack in a glacier or permafrost.
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n] - a deep fissure
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open fissure in the glacier surface. Explorers examine a crevasse on Lyman Glacier in 1916. (Photo courtesy of the United States Forest Service. Archived at the World Data Center for Glaciology, Boulder, CO.)
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Deep, narrow fissure in ice or a glacier. A potentially deadly hazard for mountain travelers.
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A crack in a glacier caused by rapid extension. Crevasses over 10 m deep would be healed by internal flow, but much deeper crevasses can be maintained by continued tension.
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noun a deep fissure
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A deep, disguised crack in a glacier
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Deep crack in the surface of a glacier; it can reach several metres in depth. Crevasses often occur where a glacier flows over the break of a slope, because the upper layers of ice are unable to stretch and cracks result. Crevasses may also form at the edges of glaciers owing to friction with the...
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1. Breach in a natural levee . 2. Deep crevice or open fracture in glacier ice.
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A very deep, and usually hidden crack or crater in a glacier. Once again, found in backcountry or glacier skiing, a guide knows when and where to watch out for crevasses.
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