Bergschrund

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bergschrund \Berg"schrund`\, n. [G., lit., mountain gap.] (Phys.
     Geog.)
     The crevasse or series of crevasses, usually deep and often
     broad, frequently occurring near the head of a mountain
     glacier, about where the n['e]v['e] field joins the valley
     portion of the glacier.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]