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outlet glacier

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: outlet glacier
(′au̇t′let ′glā·shər)

(hydrology) A stream of ice from an ice cap to the sea.


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A glacier streaming from the edge of a body of ice located on a plateau.

 
 

 

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