The Dictionary of the Climate Debate (DCD)


Zone of Accumulation
Definition: The part of the glacier where the annual snow increase exceeds the ice loss. As opposed to the Zone of Ablation, which is the part of the glacier where annual ice loss (e.g., from melting and sublimation) exceeds the annual snow increase.







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