impassability
State of unpassable
Impassability is the quality of being impossible to travel through or across.
Roads may have impassability due to flooding, snow, or landslides.
The term appears in travel advisories, military planning, and geographic descriptions: The impassability of the mountain passes in winter isolated the village for months.
Obstruction halting movement
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- roadblockObstruction across a road
- barricadeObstacle blocking a path
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
bottleneck · chokepoint · deadend · clog · jam · snarl · gridlock · logjam
Uneven surface quality
- ruggednessTough, uneven character
- treacherousnessState of being deceptive
- inaccessibilityState of being unreachable
- remotenessQuality of being faraway
wilderness · marshland · swampland · quagmire · ravine · gorge · chasm · crevasse
State of being unconquerable
- limitationBound on extent
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- hindranceBarrier to progress
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
obstacle · restriction · prohibition · preclusion · inflexibility · rigidity · deadlock · stalemate
blockage
Obstruction halting movement
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- roadblockObstruction across a road
- barricadeObstacle blocking a path
barrier · bottleneck · chokepoint · deadend · clog · jam · snarl · gridlock · logjam · congestion
roughness
Uneven surface quality
- ruggednessTough, uneven character
- treacherousnessState of being deceptive
- inaccessibilityState of being unreachable
remoteness · wilderness · marshland · swampland · quagmire · ravine · gorge · chasm · crevasse · thicket
insurmountability
State of being unconquerable
- limitationBound on extent
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- hindranceBarrier to progress
impediment · obstacle · restriction · prohibition · preclusion · inflexibility · rigidity · deadlock · stalemate · immovability
impassabilitypassability
Sufficient to get through
navigability · openness · clearness · accessibility · permeability
impassabilityaccessibility
Ease of approach
reachability · approachability · openness · unobstructedness · availability
pass, passage, passport, surpass, passable, trespass, impasse, impassive, impassioned