Term: | Neve |
Definition: | (1) A more or less extensive and persistent surface of snow, generally at high altitude. Synonymous with snowfield. (2) Synonymous with firn. Used less frequently in this sense now than formerly. |
Term: | Neve |
Definition: | 1. Same as firn. 2. Same as accumulation area. |
Term: | Neve |
Definition: | Young, granular snow that has been partially melted, refrozen and compacted; neve that survives a full season is called firn; firn becomes glacial ice; (2) also refers to the accumulation zone of a glacier. |
Term: | Neve |
Definition: | (1) A synonym of firn, of French origin, now little used. (2) A little-used synonym of snowfield, or sometimes of accumulation zone. |
Term: | Neve |
Definition: | Partially melted and compacted snow that has a density of at least 500 kilograms per cubic meter. |