Floating glaciers

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Term: Floating glaciers
Definition: Tidewater glaciers with floating tongues. Their lateral margins might be attached to the coastline or where there is no more topographic limitation it might expand.  GLIMSGlacier 

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Created 2017.06.06
Last Modified 2022.03.08
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