Slush zone

Alternative definitions (2), class: vernacular (0)
Term: Slush zone
Definition: Common near the snow line on a relatively flat portion of a glacier where melting snow forms slush.  NSIDCCryosphere 

The part of the glacier between the snowline and the runoff limit, that is, the lowest part of the percolation zone. See zone.  IHPGlacierMassBalance 

 GCW 
Created 2017.06.06
Last Modified 2022.03.08
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