Meaning zone of ablation
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zone of ablation


Area of a glacier where losses of ice from melting, evaporation, and sublimation exceed additions of snow annually.
Source: physicalgeography.net

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zone of ablation


The area of wastage in a glacier.
Source: ge-at.iastate.edu (offline)

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zone of ablation


The area below the snowline where snow melt exceeds snowfall, and material is lost from a glacier.   Zone of accumulation: The area above the snowline where snowfall exceeds snow melt, and material is [..]
Source: jersey.uoregon.edu




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