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outlet glacier

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outlet glacier [′au̇t‚let ‚glā·shər]
(hydrology)
A stream of ice from an ice cap to the sea.


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After sampling and analyzing the outflow from below the Taylor Glacier, an outlet glacier of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet in the otherwise ice-free McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, researchers believe that, lacking enough light to make food through photosynthesis, the microbes have adapted over the past 1.
Hamilton (2008) 'Increased flow speed on a large East Antarctic outlet glacier caused by subglacial floods', Nature Geosci 1(12), pp.
Even at its peak, it appeared to contribute only 15%, and often less, to the annual movement of the outlet glaciers at the edge of Greenland.
 
 
 
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