Piedmont glacier

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Term: Piedmont glacier
Definition: The lobe-shaped, expanded, terminal part of a valley glacier spread out over broad lowlands at the base of mountains (cf. Ice piedmont).
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Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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