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glaciers: continental
Definición
- The term glacier originates from the Latin word glacies, meaning “ice,” and refers to any body of perennial ice originating on land through the densification and recrystallization of snow that is massive enough to be flowing under its own weight. Generally, glaciers form in areas where the annual accumulation of snow, through precipitation and deposition, is greater than the annual mass loss due to melting, sublimation, and the calving of icebergs at the glacier margin. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Glaciers: Continental]
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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-FNKJRCFZ-D
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