jave

plural javes

1. geographyA wave of water and ice released downstream when a fluvial ice jam breaks up catastrophically.

   The effect of the jave depends upon the characteristics of the ice-jam release and downstream ice conditions.

   2019, Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt, “Ice-Jam Release Waves (Javes)” (chapter 13), in River Ice Processes and Ice Flood Forecasting: A Guide for Practitioners and Students, 2nd edition, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 437

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   The height of a jave is related to, and smaller than, the difference between the total water depths caused by the parent jam and the (usually) ice-covered or open water flow downstream of the toe.

   2021-12-14, Spyros Beltaos, “Assessing the Frequency of Floods in Ice-Covered Rivers under a Changing Climate: Review of Methodology”, in Geosciences, volume 11, number 12, MDPI, →DOI, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2023, page 518