Runoff limit

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Term: Runoff limit
Definition: The altitude above which all rainfall and surface melt, if any, refreezes in the snow or firn, and below which part or all of it runs off the glacier. See zone.  IHPGlacierMassBalance 

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Created 2017.06.06
Last Modified 2022.03.08
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