glaciation

• Substantiv, das den Prozess oder Zustand der Bedeckung mit Gletschern oder großen Eismassen bezeichnet, einschließlich der Wirkung der Vereisung sowie des daraus resultierenden Zustands.

A noun referring to the process or condition of being covered by glaciers or large ice masses, including both the action of glacial coverage and the resulting state.

unzählbar

1. Condition of being covered with iceC1formalscientific

   The state or condition of being covered by glaciers or large masses of ice, resulting from glacial action.

   Vereisung

   • The glaciation of the region left behind deep valleys and fjords.
   • Scientists study past glaciation to understand climate change.
   • The landscape shows clear evidence of glaciation from the last ice age.

2. Process of ice coverageC1formalscientific

   The geological process by which large areas of the earth's surface become covered by glaciers or ice sheets.

   Vergletscherung

   • Glaciation occurred repeatedly during the Pleistocene epoch.
   • The process of glaciation can take thousands of years.
   • Global warming is currently reversing glaciation in many mountainous areas.