Piedmont Glacier (Noun)
Meaning
A type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska; large valley glaciers meet to form an almost stagnant sheet of ice.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
Examples
- The piedmont glacier formed when several valley glaciers converged in the Alaskan lowlands, creating a vast, slow-moving sheet of ice.
- Piedmont glaciers are a common feature of Alaska's landscape, formed by the coalescence of numerous valley glaciers.
- The Malaspina Glacier in Alaska is a well-known example of a piedmont glacier, where several large glaciers have merged to form a single, almost stagnant ice mass.
- The characteristics of a piedmont glacier, with its flat or gently sloping surface, were clearly visible in the vast expanse of ice that stretched across the Alaskan plain.
- Scientists studying the piedmont glacier were struck by its unique features, which seemed to defy the typical characteristics of valley glaciers and ice sheets.