1. a type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska; large valley glaciers meet to form an almost stagnant sheet of ice; [syn: Piedmont glacier, Piedmont type of glacier]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Piedmont glacier
n 1: a type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska; large valley
glaciers meet to form an almost stagnant sheet of ice [syn:
Piedmont glacier, Piedmont type of glacier]