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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No references found			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. Scientists discover microbes that survive without oxygen under ... by Asian News International Hamilton (2008) 'Increased flow speed on a large East Antarctic outlet glacier caused by subglacial floods', Nature Geosci 1(12), pp. Closing windows opening flood gates: recent climate change science ... by Reisinger, Andy / Pacific Ecologist 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. Greenland's disappearing lakes leave giant ice sheets largely unmoved by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk			outer planets outer product outer space Outer Space Treaty of 1967 outer string outer trapped surface outer-shell electron Outerbridge, Paul, Jr. outface outfall outfall sewer outfield outfit outflow outflow cave Outflow Current outgassing outgoing trunk outgroup outhouse outkitchen outlaw Outlawry outlet outlet box outlet glacier outlet head outlet ventilator outlier outline outline font outline lighting outline map outline processor outline specification Outlook Outlook Express outlooker outpatient Outpatient Clinic Outpost output output area output block output bound output bus driver output capacitance output class output device output gap output impedance			outlay outlay outlay Outlay Cost Outlay Costs outlaying outlaying Outlaying Field outlays outlays outlays outlays Outleap Outlearn outlet outlet outlet outlet outlet outlet box outlet box outlet box outlet boxes outlet boxes Outlet center Outlet Centres International outlet contraction outlet contracture outlet forceps Outlet Gas Temperature outlet glacier Outlet Guide Vane outlet head Outlet mall Outlet of the pelvis Outlet Plenum Feature Model Outlet Plenum Feature Module Outlet Region Feature Model Outlet Sales Report Outlet store Outlet stores Outlet strip Outlet Velocity outlet ventilator outlets outlets outlets outlets Outlie outlier outlier outlier outlier Outliers Outliers Outliers Outliers Outliers Outlimb outline outline

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