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The crevasse or series of crevasses, usually deep and oftenbroad, frequently occurring near the head of a mountain glacier,about where the névé field joins the valley portion of the glacier.
a type of crevasse formed by ice moving on a glacier. (Yes, it is a real word, look it up)
Bergschrund in Mountaineering. A crevasse that separates the upper slopes of a glacier from the upper snows of the mountain.
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