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.
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Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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