Nye channel

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Term: Nye channel
Definition: (named after a British physicist) A channel cut into bedrock by subglacial meltwater under high pressure. Usually less than 1 m wide. Commonly deeper than it is wide.
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Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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