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Advance
An increase in the length of a glacier compared to a previous point in time. As ice in a glacier is always moving forward, a glacier's terminus advances when less ice is lost due to melting and/or calving than the amount of yearly advance.
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- Industry/Domain: Water bodies
- Category: Glaciers
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