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Record 1 1991-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A circular, elliptical or irregularly shaped ridge of glacial material surrounding a central depression (or sometimes a mound of glacial material or a moraine plateau), and resulting from the melting of a block of stagnant ice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Crête de forme irrégulière, circulaire, ou elliptique, constituée de matériaux glaciaires qui entourent une dépression centrale (ou parfois une butte de matériaux glaciaires ou un plateau morainique); cette crête est formée par la fonte d'un bloc de glace stagnante.

Spanish

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