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Bilingual glossary of geology


Glacial Groove  Cannelure glaciaire
A linear depression, centimeters to kilometers in length, produced by the removal of rock or sediment by the erosive action of a glacier.

Themes:
  Glaciers

Related words:
  Striation
  Furrow (syn.: Glacial Groove)
  Glacial Erosion