ablation area
Physical Geography
noun
The part of a glacier, snowfield, etc., where ablation occurs.
Origin
Late 19th century.
- rough edge
- rough-edged
- rough edges
- roughed-in
- roughen
- roughener
- roughening transition
- roughet
- rough-faced
- Rough Fell
- rough file
- rough fish
- rough-footed
- rough-gaited
- rough-grained
- rough grazing
- rough-grind
- rough grinder
- rough-ground
- roughhead
- rough-headed poppy
- rough-hew
- rough-hewn
- rough horsetail
- rough hound