Calving

Alternative definitions (12), class: vernacular (0)

0

[watch]
Term: Calving
Definition: Process by which ice breaks off a glacier's terminus usually the term is reserved for tidewater glaciers or glaciers that end in lakes, but it can refer to ice that falls from hanging glaciers.
GCW NSIDCCryosphere
Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
Contributed by GCW Glossary
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/99152/h7033