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piedmont glacier

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | 298 words | Copyright

piedmont glacier A lobe of ice formed when a valley glacier extends beyond its restraining valley walls and spreads out over the adjacent lowland or piedmont zone. Much of the glacier surface is, therefore, at a low altitude and may show rapid ablation. An example is the Malaspina Glacier, Alaska.

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