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- Dictionaryicefall/ˈʌɪsfɔːl/
noun
- 1. a steep part of a glacier like a frozen waterfall.
- 2. an avalanche or fall of loose pieces of ice.
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An icefall is a portion of certain glaciers characterized by relatively rapid flow and chaotic crevassed surface, caused in part by gravity. The term icefall is formed by analogy with the word waterfall, which is a similar phenomenon of the liquid phase but at a more spectacular speed. When ice movement of a glacier is faster than elsewhere, because the glacier bed steepens or narrows, and the flo... Wikipedia