glacier
dieNounWord details
- German meaning
- Abschmelzung bezeichnet den Prozess, bei dem Eis oder Schnee durch Wärme flüssig wird.
- English meaning
- Melting
- Synonym
- Schmelzen, Auftauen
- German example
- Die Abschmelzung der Gletscher beschleunigt sich aufgrund des Klimawandels.
- English example
- The melting of glaciers is accelerating due to climate change.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- die
- Singular Form
- die Abschmelzung
- Plural Form
- die Abschmelzungen
Related words
- Gletscher
glacier
- Gletscher
Glacier
- Jökull
glacier
- Gletscherschmelze
glacier melt
- Gletschereis
glacier ice
- Salzgletscher
salt glacier
- Eiszeitalter
An ice age is a long period in Earth's history when large parts of the Earth's surface are covered in ice.
- geomorphologisch
Geomorphological means relating to geomorphology, which is the study of the Earth's surface and the processes that shape it.
- Aufschmelzung
Melting
- kälteliebend
Psychrophilic
- Glaziologie
glaciology
- Eisbohrkern
An ice core is a cylindrical sample of ice removed from a glacier or ice sheet to obtain information about past climate conditions.
- Gletschereis
Glacier ice is a form of ice that forms through the compression and freezing of snow over long periods in glaciers.
- Firne
firn
- Firne
firn
- allochthon
Allochthonous
- gefahrvoll
Perilous, dangerous
- glazial
Glacial means relating to ice ages or formed by glaciers.
- Gletscher
glacier
- kryophil
Cryophilic
- Schmelze
Melt
- Moräne
A moraine is a ridge or mound of glacial debris deposited by a glacier.
- Sander
Outwash plain
- Salzgletscher
Salt glacier
- Glazial
Glacial