Meaning piedmont glacier
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piedmont glacier


A large glacier formed from the merger of several alpine glaciers.
Source: physicalgeography.net

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piedmont glacier


A glacier that spreads out at the foot of mountains, formed by the coalescence of two or more valley glaciers.
Source: ge-at.iastate.edu (offline)

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piedmont glacier


mass of ice moving slowly over land at the bottom of a mountain.
Source: nationalgeographic.org

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piedmont glacier


The lobe-shaped, expanded, terminal part of a valley glacier spread out over broad lowlands at the base of mountains. Armstrong, T., B. Roberts, and C. Swithinbank 1973. Illustrated Glossary of Snow a [..]
Source: glossary.ametsoc.org

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piedmont glacier


a large lobe of ice spilled out of a glaciated valley.
Source: terrapsych.com (offline)

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piedmont glacier


a glacier formed when a valley glacier spills from an alpine range onto a lowland plain.
Source: itseducation.asia





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