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Record 1 1989-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A broad, bulb-shaped lobe or fan-like mass of ice formed where the lower part of a valley glacier leaves its confining walls and extends onto an adjacent lowland at the foot of a mountain slope.

OBS

"ice fan", "glacier bulb": nonpreferred synonyms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

le lobe aval qui (...) est l'élément caractéristique des glaciers de piémont, qui s'avance en dehors de la montagne, en forme de demi-cercle, à la manière d'un grand cône de déjection est situé au débouché de la vallée. Il peut atteindre 5-20 km de diamètre.

Spanish

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