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Term: Pit pond
Definition: A depression in an outwash plain by the melting of a block of ice floated to its depositional site by meltwater and subsequently buried by sediment. As it melts, a depression in the surface of the outwash plain develops.
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Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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