Crossword clues for icefall
icefall
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Icefall \Ice"fall`\, n.
A frozen waterfall, or mass of ice resembling a frozen
waterfall.
--Coleridge.
Wiktionary
n. A relatively rapid and turbulent flow of ice, somewhat analogous to a waterfall.
WordNet
n. a steep part of a glacier resembling a frozen waterfall
Wikipedia
An icefall is a portion of certain glaciers characterized by rapid flow and a chaotic crevassed surface. The term icefall is formed by analogy with the word waterfall, a similar, but much higher speed, phenomenon. When ice movement is faster than elsewhere, because the glacier bed steepens or narrows, the flow cannot be accommodated by plastic deformation and the ice fractures, forming crevasses. Where two fractures meet, seracs (ice towers) can be formed. When the movement of the ice slows down, the crevasses can coalesce, resulting in the surface of the glacier becoming smoother.
Usage examples of "icefall".
North Face, Dhaulagiri, Icicle and Icefall, and young Helikon, the four-year-old hurdler going to Sandown that afternoon.
The third race was Icefall for the princess, and she and Danielle were both waiting in the parade ring, rosily lunched and sparkling-eyed, when I went out there to greet them.
I have said before that Neverness is the most beautiful city on all the planets, but Icefall, while beautiful in its own frigid way, is not the most beautiful of the planets.
I could just see the icefall where the glacier met the Abruzzi Ridge on K2.
Turning slightly, he followed the icefall eastward, searching patiently for an easier way over or through the new barrier.
Except for the island that Neverness is built upon, the whole of the planet named Icefall was to be touched by none but the Alaloi, forever.
The icefall would reach the bottom of the crevasse in another few seconds, and when it did, there would be a terrible crunch.
He followed the red-and-yellow safety line through the icefall, and had cleared a hole nearly three meters deep when he realized that he could no longer feel his fingers.
A spired window looked out on icefalls, tumbling gorges, and the blue aura of a glacier.
The trails down the Icescarp Alps wound slowly through narrow ravines and valleys, past icefalls and, occasionally, behind them.
Himalayan icefalls, he would reach The Corpus of Nocturnal Perception.
Just below the Hill of Sorrows, where the flat, frozen Academy grounds give way to the icefalls and lower slopes of the mountains, he came to a grove of trees renowned for its beauty.
They left the Shih Grove, then, skating below the icefalls and the great, looming ice sculptures of the Elf Gardens.
Shih Grove, then, skating below the icefalls and the great, looming ice sculptures of the Elf Gardens.
As the land rose, so did I, holding the hawking mat at a hundred meters above the boulders, waterfalls, avalanche chutes, and icefalls all glowing green in the enhanced starlight from the night-vision goggles.