SwissGlaciers.org: Terms
On this page terms around glaciers (glaciological terms) and their English translation are listed. After a click on one of the bold terms, it is explained in word and picture.
| English | German |
| Kritzungen |
| ablation zone | Ablationsgebiet, Zehrgebiet |
| accumulation zone | Akkumlationsgebiet, Nährgebiet |
| albedo | Albedo |
| alluvial fan | Geschiebefächer, Schwemmfächer |
| alluvial plain | Schwemmebene |
| arc of ice | Eisbogen, Eistor |
| Artificial snowmaking | Künstliche Beschneiung |
| bergschrund | Bergschrund |
| cirque glacier | Kargletscher |
| climate change | Klimawandel |
| climate neutral | Klimaneutral |
| collapse structure | Einsturztrichter |
| crescentic gouges | Sichelbruch |
| crevasse | Gletscherspalte |
| - longitudinal crevasse | - Längsspalte |
| - radial crevasse | - Radialspalte |
| - splashing crevasse | - Randspalte |
| - transverse crevasse | - Querspalte |
| cryosphere, cryosphere report | Kryosphäre, Kryosphärenbericht |
| daily course of meltwater | Tagesgang von Schmelzwasser |
| dead ice mass | Toteiskegel |
| dead-ice | Toteis |
| debris cone | Schuttkegel |
| dirt cone, ablation cone | Sandkegel |
| drumlin | Drumlin |
| equilibrium line | Gleichgewichtslinie |
| erosion ditch | Erosionsgraben |
| erosion gully | Erosionsrinne |
| erratic block | Findling |
| firn line | Firnlinie |
| glacial lake | Gletschersee |
| - future glacier lakes | - Zukünftige Gletscherseen |
| - ice-blocked lake | - Randglazialer See |
| - proglacial lake | - Proglazialer See |
| - subglacial lake | - Subglazialer See |
| - supraglacial lake | - Supraglazialer See |
| glacial melting | Gletscherschmelze |
| glacial milk | Gletschermilch |
| glacial polish, glacier polished rock | Gletscherschliff |
| glacial striation, Plural: glacial striae | Gletscherschrammen |
| glacial trough | Trogtal |
| glacier | Gletscher |
| glacier cover | Gletscherabdeckung |
| glacier foreland or glacier forfield | Gletschervorfeld |
| glacier gate, glacier portal | Gletschertor |
| glacier retreat | Gletscherschwund |
| glacier table | Gletschertisch |
| glacier terminus | Gletscherzunge |
| ice calving | Kalben |
| ice floe | Eisscholle |
| ice sheet | Eisschild |
| ice wall | Eiswand |
| landslide | Bergsturz |
| meander | Mäander |
| meltwater channel | Schmelzwasserkanal |
| - englacial meltwater channel | - Englazialer Schmelzwasserkanal |
| - subglacial meltwater channel | - Subglazialer Schmelzwasserkanal |
| - supraglacial meltwater channel | - Supraglazialer Schmelzwasserkanal |
| moraine | Moräne |
| - end or terminal moraine | - Endmoräne |
| - lateral moraine | - Seitenmoräne |
| - medial moraine | - Mittelmoräne |
| - supraglacial moraine | - Obermoräne |
| mudflow | Murgang |
| ogives | Ogiven |
| permafrost | Permafrost |
| randkluft | Randkluft |
| roche moutonnée | Rundhöcker |
| rock glacier | Blockgletscher |
| rockfall | Felssturz |
| serac | Sérac |
| snow amount | Schneemenge |
| snow measurements | Schneemessungen |
| Sunshine duration | Sonnenscheindauer |
| valley glacier | Talgletscher |
| wood findings | Holzfunde |