ice bridge
Glacial river span
An ice bridge is a natural formation of ice spanning a body of water, allowing passage across.
Rivers and straits may develop ice bridges in winter when surface ice thickens enough to bear weight: The ice bridge across the strait won't form until January.
Ice bridges also form in glaciers, creating precarious spans over crevasses.
The term sometimes describes temporary crossings deliberately created by freezing or reinforcing ice for transport.
Segment of text
- traverseMove across an area
- spanDistance between endpoints
- connectionA joining or relation
- routePath from A to B
pathway · link · ford · corridor · expedition · migration · conduit · footbridge
Of extreme northern cold
- polarOf extreme latitudes
- permafrostPerpetually frozen earth layer
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
- subzeroBelow the freezing point
frigid · freezing · frostbite · hypothermia · albedo · paleoclimate · frozen · hoarfrost
passage
Segment of text
- traverseMove across an area
- spanDistance between endpoints
- connectionA joining or relation
route · pathway · link · ford · corridor · expedition · migration · conduit · footbridge · causeway
arctic
Of extreme northern cold
- polarOf extreme latitudes
- permafrostPerpetually frozen earth layer
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
subzero · frigid · freezing · frostbite · hypothermia · albedo · paleoclimate · frozen · hoarfrost · rime
crevasse
Deep glacial fissure
icecap · moraine · cirque · fjord · tarn · arete · cryosphere · glaciation · meltwater · calving
- ice and snowiceberg, hail, sleet, snowflake, frost
- iceiceberg, floe, skating rink, rink, polar cap
- ice levelfrozen lake, frozen tundra, snowfield, frozen waterfall, arctic zone
- glacierscrevasse, glacial movement, moraine, iceberg, firn
- river icefreeze-up, breakup
- water crossingsford, footbridge, stepping stones, pontoon, ferry
ice bridgestone bridge
Rock structure spanning water
steel bridge · concrete bridge · suspension bridge · iron bridge · railway bridge