Glacier tongue
The long slender part of a valley glacier that is subject to net ablation.
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The tongue of Grosser Aletschgletscher, Bernese Alps, Switzerland, illustrating medial moraines and externsive crevassing. Photo J. Alean, 2005. |
The long slender part of a valley glacier that is subject to net ablation.
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The tongue of Grosser Aletschgletscher, Bernese Alps, Switzerland, illustrating medial moraines and externsive crevassing. Photo J. Alean, 2005. |