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What (who) is snowfield - definition
LANDFORM, AN ACCUMULATION OF PERMANENT SNOW AND ICE
Snowfield
snowfield
(snowfields)
A snowfield is a large area which is always covered in snow.
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snowfield
¦ noun a permanent wide expanse of snow in mountainous or polar regions.
Snow field
A snow field, snowfield or neve is an accumulation of permanent snow and ice, typically found above the snow line, normally in mountainous and glacial terrain.
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Snow field
A snow field, snowfield or neve is an accumulation of permanent snow and ice, typically found above the snow line, normally in mountainous and glacial terrain.
Glaciers originate in snowfields. The lower end of a glacier is usually free from snow and névé in summer. In the upper end and above the upper boundary of a glacier, the snow field is an ice field covered with snow. The glacier upper boundary, where it emerges from under a snow field, is ill-defined because of gradual transition.
Examples of use of snowfield
1. "If you‘re lucky, you could find something that would set you up for the rest of your life," Mohammad Noor, a lean miner with a whispy beard, said at his camp on a ledge above a snowfield in the Hindu Kush mountains.