HyperDic: riss_glaciation

English > 1 sense of the expression *Riss glaciation*:
NOUN	process	Riss glaciation	the next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in the Alps and the deposits laid down at that time

English > *Riss glaciation*: 1 sense > noun 1, process
Meaning	The next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in the Alps and the deposits laid down at that time.
Broader	glaciation	The process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice