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abiotic environment
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NT6
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geologic structures
NT6
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snow swamp
NT6
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terrestrial cryoenvironment
NT6
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[terrestrial areas and landforms]
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▼
NT7
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ablation area
NT7
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accumulation area
NT7
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active ice wedge
NT7
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alas
NT7
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alluvial cone
NT7
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altitude band
NT7
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antarctic zone
NT7
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arctic zone
NT7
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area at high altitude
NT7
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arête
NT7
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avalanche area
NT7
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avalanche catchment area
NT7
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avalanche cone
NT7
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avalanche exposed area
NT7
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barren zone
NT7
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basal cryopeg
NT7
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basin
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▼
NT8
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arresting basin
NT8
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catchment basin
NT8
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deep basin
NT7
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bay
NT7
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bed surface
NT7
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bédières
NT7
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bedrock
NT7
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blow hole
NT7
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branch (avalanche)
NT7
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brèches
NT7
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brow
NT7
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calving bay
NT7
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chasm
NT7
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chattermarks
NT7
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cirque
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▼
NT8
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mount cirque
NT8
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valley cirque
NT7
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clearing
NT7
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compound basins
NT7
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compressive stress area
NT7
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concave furrows
NT7
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convex furrows
NT7
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cornice
NT7
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crater
NT7
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crescentic gouges
NT7
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crest area
NT7
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crevasse
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▼
NT8
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bergschrund
NT8
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longitudinal crevasse
NT8
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marginal crevasse
NT8
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randkluft
NT8
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splay crevasse
NT8
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transverse crevasse
NT7
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crown surface
NT7
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cryostructure
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▼
NT8
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basal cryostructure
NT7
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debris
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▼
NT8
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basal debris
NT8
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englacial debris
NT8
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supraglacial debris
NT7
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deep abyssal plain
NT7
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deposit (avalanche)
NT7
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descent passage
NT7
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drumlin
NT7
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dry-snow zone
NT7
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erratic
NT7
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esker
NT7
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firn basin
NT7
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fjord
NT7
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flank
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▼
NT8
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rocky flank
NT7
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flutes
NT7
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folds
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▼
NT8
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fold (glacier)
NT7
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foot of a rock face
NT7
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foothills
NT7
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fractured surface
NT7
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frost
►
▼
NT8
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advection frost
NT7
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gendarme
NT7
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glacial groove
NT7
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glacial trough
NT7
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glacier
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▼
NT8
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cavities at glacier bed
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▼
NT9
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englacial conduit
NT8
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cold glacier
NT8
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confluent glacier
NT8
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debris covered glacier
NT8
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diffluent glacier
NT8
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drainage glacier
NT8
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glacier hinge line
NT8
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glacier sole
NT8
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glacieret and snowfield
NT8
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grounding line (zone)
NT8
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hanging glacier
NT8
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ice cap
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▼
NT9
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Arctic ice cap
NT8
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ice sheet
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▼
NT9
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Antarctic ice sheet
NT9
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aufeis
NT9
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Greenland ice sheet
NT9
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ice sheet mass steady state
NT9
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ice sheet on depressed bed
NT9
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Laurentide ice sheet
NT9
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marine ice sheet
NT9
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sticky spot
NT8
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inlandsis
NT8
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mountain glacier
NT8
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niche glacier
NT8
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piedmont glacier
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▼
NT9
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expanded foot glaciers
NT8
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polar glacier
NT8
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polythermal glacier
NT8
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regenerated glacier
NT8
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remnant glacier
NT8
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reservoir glaciers
NT8
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retreating glacier
NT8
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rock glaciers
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▼
NT9
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active rock glacier
NT9
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ice-cemented rock glaciers
NT9
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ice-cored rock glaciers
NT8
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snowdrift glacier
NT8
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sub-polar glacier
NT8
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surging glaciers
NT8
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temperate glacier
NT8
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terminus
NT8
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tidewater glacier
NT8
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tributary glacier
NT8
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trunk glacier
NT8
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valley glacier
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NT9
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branched-valley glacier
NT9
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outlet glacier
NT8
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wet-based glacier.
NT8
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zone of glacier
NT7
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glacier front
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▼
NT8
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confluent front
NT8
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expanded foot
NT8
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lobed front
NT8
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piedmont front
NT7
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glacier mill
NT7
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glacier table
NT7
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gliding snow area
NT7
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gorge
NT7
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ground
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▼
NT8
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noncryotic ground
NT7
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ground surface
NT7
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group
NT7
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gully
NT7
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gully (avalanche)
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▼
NT8
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avalanche gully
NT8
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snow gully
NT7
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harbour
NT7
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headwall
NT7
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hollow
►
▼
NT8
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shallow basin
NT7
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horn
NT7
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hummock
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▼
NT8
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grounded hummock
NT8
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thufur
NT7
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hump
NT7
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ice apron
NT7
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ice cave
NT7
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ice cone
NT7
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ice divide
NT7
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ice dome
NT7
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ice mushroom
NT7
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ice ridge
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▼
NT8
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aged ridge
NT8
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consolidated ridge
NT8
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new ridge
NT8
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pressure ridge
NT8
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shear ridge
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▼
NT9
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shear ridge field
NT8
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weathered ridge
NT7
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ice sheet surface undulations
NT7
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icefall
NT7
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icicle
NT7
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initial failure
NT7
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inlet
NT7
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interspace
NT7
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isostatic depression
NT7
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kame
NT7
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kame deposits
NT7
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kame terrace
NT7
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kettle holes
NT7
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layer
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▼
NT8
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acid layers (in ice)
NT8
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active layer
NT8
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annual layer
NT8
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basal ice layer
NT8
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base of the snowpack
NT8
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bomb layers in ice
NT8
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bottom layer
NT8
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bottom layer of old snow
NT8
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boundary layer
NT8
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fracture layer
NT8
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glide surface
NT8
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layer without cohesion
NT8
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lubricating layer
NT8
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melt layer
NT8
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pereletok
NT8
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radioactive layers in ice
NT8
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regelation layer
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▼
NT9
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regelation layer at glacier base
NT8
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sedimentary bands
NT8
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shear bands
NT8
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snow layer
NT8
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surface layer
NT8
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thin layer
NT8
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weak layer
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▼
NT9
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weak cohesion layer
NT7
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ledge
NT7
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maze of crevasses
NT7
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melt channels
►
▼
NT8
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Clarke-channel
NT8
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Nye channel
NT8
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Röthlisberger channel
NT7
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moraine
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▼
NT8
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ablation moraine
NT8
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fluted moraines
NT8
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folded moraines
NT8
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ground moraine
NT8
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lateral moraines
NT8
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medial moraines
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▼
NT9
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ablation-dominant moraines (AD)
NT9
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ice-stream interaction moraines (ISI)
NT8
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neoformation moraine
NT8
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overlayed moraine
NT8
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recessional moraines
NT8
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shear moraines
NT8
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tardi-glacial moraine
NT8
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terminal moraines
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▼
NT9
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dump moraine
NT9
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push moraines
NT7
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morainic bank
NT7
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morainic ridge
NT7
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mountain pass
NT7
↓
mountain-pasture
NT7
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narrow terrace
NT7
↓
natural breaking buttress
NT7
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niche
NT7
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nunatak
NT7
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obstacle
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▼
NT8
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obstacle surrounded by the avalanche
NT7
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ogives
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▼
NT8
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band ogives
NT8
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waved ogives
NT7
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openings in the ice
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▼
NT8
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cavities within glacier
NT8
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fracture
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▼
NT9
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crack
►
NT9
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large fracture
NT9
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medium fracture
NT9
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secondary fracture
NT9
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shear fracture
NT9
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small fracture
NT9
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very small fracture
NT8
↓
fracture zone
NT8
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lead
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▼
NT9
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flaw leads
NT9
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shore lead
NT8
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polynya
►
▼
NT9
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[according to formation mechanism]
►
NT9
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[according to position]
►
NT7
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outer area
NT7
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outwash plain
NT7
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palsa
NT7
↓
palsa bog
NT7
↓
patterned ground
NT7
↓
peak
NT7
↓
penitentes
NT7
↓
percolation zone
NT7
↓
periglacial zone
NT7
↓
permafrost
►
▼
NT8
↓
active permafrost
NT8
↓
saline permafrost
NT8
↓
well-bonded permafrost
NT8
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yedoma
NT7
↓
pingo
NT7
↓
plateau
NT7
↓
precipice
NT7
↓
projection
NT7
↓
protected reafforestation area
NT7
↓
pulpit
NT7
↓
random furrows
NT7
↓
ravine
NT7
↓
reservoir area in surge
NT7
↓
rib
NT7
↓
ridge
NT7
↓
rôche moutonnée
NT7
↓
rock barrier
NT7
↓
rock face
NT7
↓
rock needle
NT7
↓
rock ridge
NT7
↓
runout zone
NT7
↓
sag
NT7
↓
scarp
NT7
↓
secondary summit
NT7
↓
serac
NT7
↓
shear planes
►
▼
NT8
↓
thrust planes
NT7
↓
shear zone
NT7
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shoulder
NT7
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simple basin
NT7
↓
sliding surface
NT7
↓
slope
►
▼
NT8
↓
avalanche slope
NT8
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concave slope
NT8
↓
convex slope
NT8
↓
east slope
NT8
↓
fluted snow slope
NT8
↓
foot of a slope
NT8
↓
grassy slope
NT8
↓
lee slope
NT8
↓
north slope
NT8
↓
open slope
NT8
↓
opposite side slope
NT8
↓
reverse slope
NT8
↓
scree slope
NT8
↓
shaded slope
►
▼
NT9
↓
shady side
NT8
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slope in the shade
NT8
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slope with accumulation of drifted snow
NT8
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snow covered slope
NT8
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south slope
NT8
↓
steep slope
►
▼
NT9
↓
extreme slope
NT9
↓
extreme steep slope
NT8
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sunny slope
►
▼
NT9
↓
sunny area
NT8
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upwind slope
NT8
↓
west slope
NT7
↓
slope surface
NT7
↓
slush zone
NT7
↓
smooth surface of snow
NT7
↓
snow barkhan
NT7
↓
snow bridge
NT7
↓
snow cap
NT7
↓
snow cover
►
▼
NT8
↓
old snow cover
NT8
↓
seasonal snow cover
NT7
↓
snow cups
NT7
↓
snow dune
NT7
↓
snow ridge
NT7
↓
snow slab
►
▼
NT8
↓
hard slab
NT8
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snow slab on lee slope
NT8
↓
soft slab
NT8
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wind-slab
NT7
↓
snowfield
NT7
↓
snowpack
►
▼
NT8
↓
carrying snow
NT8
↓
stable snowpack
NT8
↓
unstable snowpack
NT7
↓
solid base of snow cover
►
▼
NT8
↓
weak base of snow cover
NT7
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spur
NT7
↓
stalactite
NT7
↓
stalagmite
NT7
↓
starting area
NT7
↓
stemming area
NT7
↓
striation
NT7
↓
subglacial tunnel
NT7
↓
submarine sill
NT7
↓
summit
NT7
↓
suncup
NT7
↓
superimposed-ice zone
NT7
↓
talik
►
▼
NT8
↓
lake talik
NT7
↓
talweg
NT7
↓
tarn
NT7
↓
tensile stress area
NT7
↓
terrace
NT7
↓
terrain
►
▼
NT8
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boulder field
NT8
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steep ground
►
▼
NT9
↓
extreme steep ground
NT7
↓
thaw holes (flat terrain)
NT7
↓
transition zone (stream shelf)
NT7
↓
tundra
NT7
↓
valley
►
▼
NT8
↓
glacial breach
NT8
↓
hanging valley
NT8
↓
valley flank
NT8
↓
valley floor
NT7
↓
varve
NT7
↓
volcanic deposits in ice sheet
NT7
↓
wall
NT7
↓
waning sector
NT7
↓
watershed
NT7
↓
wavy snowsurface
NT7
↓
wet-snow zone
NT7
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whaleback
NT7
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wind crater
NT7
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windripples
NT7
↓
zone of crevasses
NT7
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zone of deposition
NT7
↓
glacier cover
Italiano
ambiente terrestre
Date of creation
14-Nov-2014
Accepted term
14-Nov-2014
Descendant terms
411
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