retreating glacier
retreating glacier
A glacier whose terminus is increasingly retreating upvalley compared to its previous position due to a higher level of ablation compared to accumulation
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Broader Terms
- BT↑ glacier
Related terms
- RT⇆ barren zone
- RT⇆ glacier recession
- RT⇆ remnant glacier
- RT⇆ terminus
- RT⇆ ablation
- RT⇆ ablation area
- RT⇆ accumulation area
- RT⇆ accumulation of snow
- RT⇆ reverse slope
