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Bergschrund
A single large crevasse or series of sub-parallel crevasses that develop at the head of a glacier. The location where ice pulls away from the bedrock wall of the cirque against which it accumulated. In winter, the crevasse fills with snow. In spring or summer, it reopens. This is originally a German term.
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- Industry/Domain: Water bodies
- Category: Glaciers
- Government Agency: USGS
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