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  1. Paraglacial (Glaciology 🗻)

    Paraglacial means unstable conditions caused by a significant relaxation time in processes and geomorphic patterns following glacial climates. Rates of landscape change and sediment output from the system are typically elevated during paraglacial landscape response. When a large mass of ice melts, the newly exposed landscape is free of vegetation and is generally unstable. Often, the retreating gl...

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