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Term: Equilibrium zone
Definition: Zone of a glacier in which the amount of precipitation that falls is equal to the amount that melts the following summer.  NSIDCCryosphere 

Part of a glacier bounded by two contours of surface elevation, within which the equilibrium line lies.  IHPGlacierMassBalance 

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Term: Equilibrium zone
Definition: Part of a glacier bounded by two contours of surface elevation, within which the equilibrium line lies.
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Term: Equilibrium zone
Definition: Zone of a glacier in which the amount of precipitation that falls is equal to the amount that melts the following summer.
Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
Contributed by GCW Glossary
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