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[[File:Moulin on Snowbird Glacier, below the Snowbird Glacier Hut. Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska.JPG|thumb|A hiker peers into a massive moulin on [[Snowbird Glacier]], in the [[Talkeetna Mountains]] of Alaska]]A moulin (or glacier mill) is a roughly circular, vertical (or nearly vertical) well-like shaft formed where a surface meltstream exploits a weakness in the ice. The term is derived from the French word for mill.<ref>[https://www.swisseduc.ch/glaciers/glossary/moulin-en.html] SwissEduc</ref> | [[File:Moulin on Snowbird Glacier, below the Snowbird Glacier Hut. Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska.JPG|thumb|A hiker peers into a massive moulin on [[Snowbird Glacier]], in the [[Talkeetna Mountains]] of Alaska]]A moulin (or glacier mill) is a roughly circular, vertical (or nearly vertical) well-like shaft formed where a surface meltstream exploits a weakness in the ice. The term is derived from the French word for mill.<ref>[https://www.swisseduc.ch/glaciers/glossary/moulin-en.html] SwissEduc</ref> | ||
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*[https://earthclimate.tv/video/greenland-2014-follow-the-water/ Greenland: Follow the Water] | |||
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Revision as of 10:33, 22 May 2023
A moulin (or glacier mill) is a roughly circular, vertical (or nearly vertical) well-like shaft formed where a surface meltstream exploits a weakness in the ice. The term is derived from the French word for mill.[1]
