dry-snow zone
glaciers
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surface melting of glaciers
- In glacier: Mass balance
In the dry-snow zone no surface melting occurs, even in summer; in the percolation zone some surface melting may occur, but the meltwater refreezes at a shallow depth; in the soaked zone sufficient melting and refreezing take place to raise the whole winter snow layer to the…
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