temperate glacier

temperate glacier

[′tem·prət ′glā·shər]
(hydrology)
A glacier which, at the end of the melting season, is composed of firn and ice at the melting point.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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