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OUTWASH FANS/PLAINS  

Definition

  • An outwash fan is a fan-shaped body of sediments deposited by braided streams from a melting glacier. Sediment locked within the ice of the glacier, gets transported by the streams of meltwater, and deposits on the outwash plain, at the terminus of the glacier. (en)

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  • 2013-03-05 08:45:30.0 [tbs1979] Insert Concept add broader relation (OUTWASH FANS/PLAINS [a8bfc8ad-42f2-43cc-b161-20058037bb95,82773] - GLACIAL LANDFORMS [3c78951a-0293-4fb0-baff-ec7372fe784d,64133]);
  • 2013-04-01 10:35:16.0 [tbs1979] insert Definition (id: null text: An outwash fan is a fan-shaped body of sediments deposited by braided streams from a melting glacier. Sediment locked within the ice of the glacier, gets transported by the streams of meltwater, and deposits on the outwash plain, at the terminus of the glacier. language code: en);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/a8bfc8ad-42f2-43cc-b161-20058037bb95

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