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See also:BERGSCHRUND (Ger. See also:Berg, See also:mountain; Schrund, cleft or crevice) , a gaping crack in the upper See also:part of a snowfield or See also:glacier, near the See also:rock See also:wall, caused by the glacier moving bodily away from the See also:mountain-See also:side as the See also:mass settles downwards . The crack is roughly parallel to the rock-See also:face of.the upper edge of the glacier See also:basin, and extends downwards to the solid rock beneath the glacier where at the bottom of this huge See also:crevasse there are blocks of See also:ice, and large pieces of rock torn off by the See also:lower portion of the glacier from the rock wall and See also:floor . |
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