snow wall
Frozen defensive mound
A snow wall is a barrier or bank of snow, either naturally formed by wind and accumulation or deliberately built for protection.
Skiers and snowboarders construct snow walls as windbreaks at mountain summits.
In avalanche country, snow walls may be engineered structures designed to deflect or slow debris: The village was protected by a massive snow wall.
- snowbankAccumulated frozen precipitation pile
- driftGradual movement, no direction
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- avalancheRapid mountain snow collapse
- corniceOrnamental upper trim
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material composition
snow wallrock wall
Vertical surface of stone
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