névé (English spelling) neve

Japanese: névé(英語表記)neve
névé (English spelling) neve

…This kind of snow has intermediate properties between snow and ice, because the gaps between the snow crystals are connected and it is not completely ice. This is called firn or névé. In the past, firn was also called perennial snow, but now it is considered better to distinguish between the two, with firn being the name that describes the physical properties of snow and perennial snow being the name for the perennial snowfields made of firn. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "névé" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…こうした雪は,雪の結晶と結晶の間にある空隙がつながっていて完全な氷になっておらず,雪と氷の中間的な性質をもっている。これをフィルンfirnまたはネベnévéという。以前はフィルンのことを万年雪と呼んだこともあるが,現在ではフィルンを積雪の物理的性質を表す名称とし,万年雪はフィルンからなる越年性雪渓を指すというふうに両者を区別して用いるのがよいとされている。…

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