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icefall

/ˈaɪs.fɔːl/

Traduction: Partie d'un glacier, souvent abrupte et crevassée, qui évoque une cascade gelée, formée par le mouvement de la glace sur un terrain irrégulier.

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C1formalcommonscientific/ˈaɪs.fɔːl/

A steep, often crevassed section of a glacier that resembles a frozen waterfall, formed by the movement of ice over uneven terrain.

  • 🇫🇷Partie d'un glacier, souvent abrupte et crevassée, qui évoque une cascade gelée, formée par le mouvement de la glace sur un terrain irrégulier.
  1. Glacial feature C1 formal

    A steep, often chaotic section of a glacier where the ice flows over a drop in the underlying terrain, resembling a frozen waterfall.

    • The mountaineers carefully navigated the treacherous icefall.
    • The Khumbu Icefall is one of the most dangerous parts of the Everest climb.
    • From a distance, the icefall looked like a river of ice frozen mid-plunge.

    🇫🇷cascade de glace

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