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Piedmont glacier
noun
a type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska; large valley glaciers meet to form an almost stagnant sheet of ice
Syn: ↑Piedmont type of glacier
Hypernyms: ↑glacier
Instance Hyponyms: ↑Mendenhall Glacier, ↑Great Mendenhall Glacier

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noun
: a glacier formed by convergence of the ends of valley glaciers at the base of mountains

Useful english dictionary. 2012.