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Piedmont glacier

DEFINITIONS OF: Piedmont glacier

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n a type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska; large valley glaciers meet to form an almost stagnant sheet of ice

Synonyms:
Piedmont type of glacier
Examples:
Great Mendenhall Glacier
a glacier of the Piedmont type near Juneau in Alaska
Type of:
glacier
a slowly moving mass of ice
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