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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The area draining naturally to a water course or to a given point. [Definition standardized by ISO.]  12, record 1, English, - drainage%20basin

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Field teams at the Columbia Icefield and in the Maligne Lake drainage basin reported whumpfing of the snowpack at treeline and in the alpine. [Example approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee. ]  2, record 1, English, - drainage%20basin

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The term "drainage" refers to a specific valley. We commonly use watershed to describe locations in the landscape and so the conditions can vary between drainages (which means between valleys). Drainage refers to the "river" which all the water of that valley drains into. [Reference: Avalanche Specialist, Parks Canada.]  13, record 1, English, - drainage%20basin

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

In North America, the term watershed is often used instead of catchment area. In the UK, watershed means the line separating two adjacent catchments.  14, record 1, English, - drainage%20basin

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS

drainage basin: term used by Parks Canada.  15, record 1, English, - drainage%20basin

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 4 OBS

catchment area; catchment basin; gathering ground: terms standardized by ISO.  16, record 1, English, - drainage%20basin

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 5 OBS

drainage basin; drainage: terms officially approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.  13, record 1, English, - drainage%20basin

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 6 OBS

drainage basin: expression reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.  13, record 1, English, - drainage%20basin

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Bassin drainant naturellement vers un cours d'eau ou un endroit donné. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]  5, record 1, French, - bassin%20hydrographique

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Les équipes sur le terrain au champ de glace Columbia et au bassin hydrographique du lac Maligne ont signalé des whoumfs dans le manteau neigeux à la limite forestière et dans la zone alpine. [Exemple entériné par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.]  8, record 1, French, - bassin%20hydrographique

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Les bassins sont séparés par des lignes de partage des eaux.  9, record 1, French, - bassin%20hydrographique

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

bassin hydrographique : terme en usage à Parcs Canada.  10, record 1, French, - bassin%20hydrographique

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS

bassin hydrographique; bassin versant : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.  11, record 1, French, - bassin%20hydrographique

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 4 OBS

bassin récepteur; bassin hydrologique : termes normalisés par l'ISO.  12, record 1, French, - bassin%20hydrographique

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

El conjunto de aguas (ríos, quebradas, arroyos, aguas subterráneas y aguas (lluvias), que bajan de las montañas hasta desembocar en un río principal.  7, record 1, Spanish, - cuenca%20hidrogr%C3%A1fica

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Rain fell as high as 1700 m in some areas, soaking the upper snowpack. Expect a raincrust to form below this elevation as temperatures begin to cool the next few days, and then expect this to be covered with additional new snow. There are a few weak layers in this storm snow and, while warm temperatures are helping heal these weaknesses, whumpfing and cracking was still reported in the Kootenay Pass area on a north facing slope at 2100 m. For the most part new snow is sticking well to the Christmas crust buried 50-70 cm deep. This crust is providing a good bridging layer for the weak facet and surface hoar crystals below the crust, but this layer still remains a concern.  1, record 2, English, - bridging%20layer

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

In avalanche forecasting, a bridging layer [= une couche dure] is a layer of strong (hard) snow that is often quick thick. Once a layer gets to a certain thickness and hardness, it has enough strength to absorb the load that is applied from above, thus preventing this load from triggering a weakness underneath this "bridge." If ever the "bridge" fails then the result is normally a very large avalanche.  2, record 2, English, - bridging%20layer

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Il semble qu'il ait plu très haut la veille (2400 m). Très bon regel jusqu'au lac [...] puis quelques centimètres de neige fraîche sur couche portante jusqu'au pas de l'Enchastraye.  3, record 2, French, - couche%20de%20neige%20portante

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

En France, un manteau neigeux ou une couche de neige portante n'est pas nécessairement stable. Quand on dit, en France que «la neige porte», cela signifie qu'on ne s'y enfonce pas, notamment à pied. Ainsi une plaque de neige dure est portante, mais elle peut être instable. En France : on n'utilise pas le terme «portance». Ceci dit, s'il était utilisé, il serait relatif à la couche de surface du manteau neigeux. [source : spécialiste des risques d'avalanche, France.]  1, record 2, French, - couche%20de%20neige%20portante

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Whumpfing is a sign of instability. [Example approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee. ]  1, record 3, English, - whumpfing

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Although the spelling "whumphing" is correct, it is not the preferred spelling in the avalanche world. The spellings "wumphing", "wumping" and "whumping" are used but they are not considered correct.  1, record 3, English, - whumpfing

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS

whumpfing : term officially approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.  2, record 3, English, - whumpfing

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Les whoumfs sont un indice d'instabilité. [Exemple entériné par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.]  1, record 3, French, - whoumf

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Pour éviter toute confusion, éviter les graphies «whumpf», «whump» et «whoumpf».  1, record 3, French, - whoumf

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS

whoumf : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.  2, record 3, French, - whoumf

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish