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crevasse science definition
- A deep fissure in a glacier or other body of ice. Crevasses are usually caused by differential movement of parts of the ice over an uneven topography.
- A large, deep fissure in the Earth caused by an earthquake.
- A wide crack or breach in the bank of a river. Crevasses usually form during floods.
♦ The sediments that spill out through the crevasse and fan out along the external margin of the river's bank form a crevasse splay deposit.
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