névé
granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
a field of such snow.
Origin of névé
1- Also called firn, old snow .
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How to use névé in a sentence
In a glacial district this snow mass above the melting line is called the névé.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate ShalerIn an ordinary Alpine region the névé districts, where the snow gathers, are relatively small.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate ShalerBeneath the surface of the névé field and at its outlet the granular névé has been compacted to a mass of porous crystalline ice.
The Elements of Geology | William Harmon NortonIn its slow movement the névé field broadly scours its bed to a flat or basined floor.
The Elements of Geology | William Harmon NortonFrom the light airy flake, it becomes, in masses, what the geologists term névé.
The Lake of the Sky | George Wharton James
British Dictionary definitions for névé
/ (ˈnɛveɪ) /
Also called: firn a mass of porous ice, formed from snow, that has not yet become frozen into glacier ice
a snowfield at the head of a glacier that becomes transformed into ice
Origin of névé
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Scientific definitions for névé
[ nā-vā′ ]
The upper part of a glacier, consisting of hardened snow.
The granular snow typically found in such a field.
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