periglacial
adj/pɛɹɪˈɡleɪʃəl/
Etymology From peri- + glacial.
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Geography, Geology, Geomorphology, Natural sciences Of or pertaining to the area around the edge of a glacier.
- * During the Anglian glaciation, the ice caps were smaller than during earlier glacial events, but conditions in the periglacial areas around the ice were far more severe.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 167:
- Derived terms
- periglacially
- Related terms
- periglaciation