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1. Crevasse definition is - a breach in a levee. How to use crevasse in a sentence. What's the difference between a crevice and a crevasse?

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2. Crevasse definition, a fissure, or deep cleft, in glacial ice, the earth's surface, etc. See more.

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3. crevasse a deep cleft in glacial ice, chasm; a breach in a river levee Not to be confused with: crevice – a fissure or crack forming an opening cre·vasse (krĭ-văs′) n. 1. A deep fissure, as in a glacier; a chasm. 2. A crack or breach in a dike or levee. intr. & tr.v. cre·vassed, .

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4. Feb 17,  · Crevasses usually form in the top 50 meters ( feet) of a glacier, where the ice is brittle. Below that, a glacier is less brittle and can slide over uneven surfaces without cracking. The inflexible upper portion may split as it moves over the changing landscape. Crevasses also form when different parts of a glacier move at different speeds.

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5. Crevasse, fissure or crack in a glacier resulting from stress produced by movement. Crevasses range up to 20 m (65 feet) wide, 45 m ( feet) deep, and several hundred metres long. Most are named according to their positions with respect to the long axis of the glacier. Thus, there are.

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6. Define crevasses. crevasses synonyms, crevasses pronunciation, crevasses translation, English dictionary definition of crevasses. a deep cleft in glacial ice, chasm; a breach in a river levee Not to be confused with: crevice – a fissure or crack forming an opening n. 1. A deep fissure.

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7. ‘The deep crevasses and moving ice in the Kumbu glacier make it the most dangerous part of Mount Everest and it has already claimed the lives of nine climbers.’ ‘Instead of being thick rivers of ice full of crevasses, the glaciers within the Dry Valleys are flat and rather smooth; some are .

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8. Feb 09,  · Crevasses on the surface of the Kennicott Glacier (Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska). NPS Photo/Jacob W. Frank. Crevasses are cracks that form in glacier ice when the glacier is put under too much stress for it to deform by flowing. This can happen when.

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