(geology) Of streams, deposits, and other features, being immediately in front of or just beyond the outer limits of a glacier or ice sheet, and formed by or derived from glacier ice.
proglacial
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(prō′glā·shəl)
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Situated in front of a glacier. A proglacial lake is formed between the terminus of the ice and the higher ground which is often in the form of a terminal moraine.
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