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Term: Ice wall
Definition: An ice cliff forming the seaward margin of an inland ice sheet, ice piedmont or ice rise; the rock basement may be at or below sea level.
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Term: Ice wall
Definition: A steep rocky slope almost completely draped with glacier ice, including hanging glaciers and ice aprons (q.v.).
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Term: Ice wall
Definition: An ice cliff forming the seaward margin of an inland ice sheet, ice piedmont or ice rise. The rock basement may be at or below sea level (cf. Ice front).
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Term: Ice wall
Definition: An ice cliff forming the seaward margin of a glacier that is not afloat. An ice wall is aground, the rock basement being at or below sea level.
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Term: Ice wall
Definition: Sea ice terminology that describes an ice cliff forming at the seaward margin of a glacier which is aground.
GCW ECCCanada
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