ice front

noun

1. the forward section or seaward edge of an ice shelf.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ice front¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

The evidence for this is found in the presence of a continuous, terminal moraine, at or just in advance of the present ice-front.

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In the oscillations of the ice-front marking the final retreat of the Alpine glaciers there were three epochs of advance.

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In valley glaciers it is shaped by the ice front to a crescent whose convex side is downstream.

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Temporary lakes were formed wherever the ice front dammed the natural drainage of the region.

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The ancient channel which it held along the Illinoian ice front has been traced through southeastern Iowa for many miles.

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