Ablation area/zone
That part of a glacier’s surface, usually at lower elevations, over which ablationexceeds accumulation.
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Ablation area of Glärnischgletscher, a small mountain glacier in northeastern Switzerland. Aerial photo J. Alean, 1982. |
That part of a glacier’s surface, usually at lower elevations, over which ablationexceeds accumulation.
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Ablation area of Glärnischgletscher, a small mountain glacier in northeastern Switzerland. Aerial photo J. Alean, 1982. |