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fluvioglacial

fluvioglacial adjective: describing a stream formed from glacial meltwater.

Adjective

fluvioglacial (not comparable)

  1. Describing a stream formed from glacial meltwater
    • As previously discussed, the fluvioglacial environment is characterized by a wide fluctuation of discharge and, consequently, of transport capacity.December 7, 2012, Mateo Gutierrez, Geomorphology, CRC Press, page 538

Origin of fluvioglacial

From fluvio- + glacial.

Questions about fluvioglacial

What does fluvioglacial mean?
Fluvioglacial means describing a stream formed from glacial meltwater.
What part of speech is fluvioglacial?
Fluvioglacial is an adjective.

Words near fluvioglacial in the dictionary

  1. fluvio-deltaic
  2. fluviodeltaic
  3. fluvioeolian
  4. fluviogenic
  5. fluviogenous
  6. fluvioglacial
  7. fluviograph
  8. fluviographic
  9. fluviographs
  10. fluviography
  11. fluviokarst

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