bergschrund
noun/ˈbɜːɡʃrʊnd/
/ˈbɜːrkʃrʊnt/
(geology)- a deep narrow space formed where a glacier (= a large moving mass of ice) meets the side of a mountainWord Originmid 19th cent.: from German, from Berg ‘mountain’ + Schrund ‘crevice’.
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