pressure penitente

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pressure penitente [′presh·ər ‚pen·ə′ten·tā]

(geology)

A nieve penitente composed of brilliantly white ice which is shaped into a slender ridge by lateral pressure of converging morainal streams and by melting of the adjacent debris-covered ice.

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