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#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Generally, an extensive area of snow-covered ground or [[ice]], relatively smooth and uniform in appearance and composition.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">This term is often used to describe such an area in otherwise coarse, mountainous, or [[glacial]] terrain.</div><br/> </div> | #<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Generally, an extensive area of snow-covered ground or [[ice]], relatively smooth and uniform in appearance and composition.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">This term is often used to describe such an area in otherwise coarse, mountainous, or [[glacial]] terrain.</div><br/> </div> | ||
#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">In [[glaciology]], a region of permanent [[snow cover]], more specifically applied to the [[accumulation area]] of [[glaciers]].</div><br/> </div> | #<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">In [[glaciology]], a region of permanent [[snow cover]], more specifically applied to the [[accumulation area|accumulation area]] of [[glaciers]].</div><br/> </div> | ||
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snowfield
- In glaciology, a region of permanent snow cover, more specifically applied to the accumulation area of glaciers.
