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776:Outwash fan
771:Kettle hole
655:Valley step
635:Trough lake
615:Ribbon lake
575:Finger lake
317:Bergschrund
48:Ross Island
893:Categories
846:glaciology
803:Glaciology
786:Urstromtal
766:Kame delta
718:Till plain
515:Jökulhlaup
473:Starvation
352:Ice divide
266:Ice stream
183:2006-05-19
129:2023-05-15
105:References
64:ice tongue
52:Antarctica
548:Erosional
540:Landforms
411:Processes
392:Randkluft
387:Penitente
332:Dirt cone
261:Ice shelf
256:Ice sheet
251:Ice field
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808:Category
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741:Alpentor
650:U-valley
494:Ice core
463:Plucking
418:Ablation
402:Terminus
327:Crevasse
322:Blue ice
222:Glaciers
87:Icebergs
688:Moraine
678:Drumlin
605:Nunatak
468:Retreat
433:Calving
377:Moraine
362:Icefall
300:Anatomy
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246:Ice cap
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