Ablation

1. [Latin ablatio - taking away, loss, removal] - in glaciology - an abatement of mass of glacier or snow cover occurring as a result of thaw, vaporization or mechanical deicing; in geomorphology - it is used sometimes as a synonym of such terms as “surface outwash” and “denudation”.

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