HyperDic: piedmont_glacier

English > 1 sense of the expression Piedmont glacier:
NOUNobjectPiedmont glacier, Piedmont type of glaciera type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska
English > Piedmont glacier: 1 sense > noun 1, object
MeaningA type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska; large valley glaciers meet / meet to form an almost stagnant sheet of ice.
SynonymPiedmont type of glacier
InstancesMendenhall Glacier, Great Mendenhall GlacierA glacier of the Piedmont type near Juneau in Alaska
BroaderglacierA slowly moving mass of ice

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