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Basal sliding

The sliding of a glacier over bedrock, a process usually facilitated by the lubricating effect of meltwater.

Basal sliding of a small mountain glacier in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, has deformed icicles, which originally grew downwards vertically. Photo J. Alean.

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