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crevasse

crevasse

A deep crack in glacier ice formed by stresses as the ice moves.

open glacier crevasse (bresprekk)

All languages

English
crevasse
Norwegian
bresprekk
Japanese
クレバス — くればす — kurebasu
Korean
크레바스 — keurebaseu
Spanish
grieta glaciar
French
crevasse glaciaire
German
Gletscherspalte

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