superglacial
[ soo-per-gley-shuhl ]
adjective
on the surface of a glacier.
believed to have been formerly on the surface of a glacier: superglacial debris.
Origin of superglacial
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How to use superglacial in a sentence
Less commonly they were subglacial, and failed to be covered, and less commonly still superglacial.
The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin | Rollin D. Salisbury
British Dictionary definitions for superglacial
superglacial
/ (ˌsuːpəˈɡleɪsɪəl) /
adjective
on or originating from the surface of a glacier
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