An advancing glacier is like an ice making machine with the output being dropped on a conveyor belt. The ice travels along until the temperature of the surrounding environment stops it from proceeding any further by causing it to melt. When a glacier recedes, the conveyor belt is not switched to "reverse", it just means that the point at which it melts is moving closer to the ice making machine.
The adjective form of "recede" is "receding."
recede-to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdrawl. (This is fom dictionary.com)
* Franz Josef Glacier * Fox Glacier * Tasman Glacier * Hukawai Glacier * Haast Glaciers
A growing glacier accumulates more snow and ice each year, leading to overall glacier advancement. In contrast, a melting glacier loses more ice and snow than it gains, resulting in glacier retreat.
A glacier snout is the terminus or end point of a glacier where ice and meltwater are released. It is where the glacier meets lower elevations and warmer temperatures, causing melting and ice loss. The snout can vary in shape and size depending on the glacier's dynamics.
he had recede hair.
Receded is the past tense of recede.
The front of a glacier will advance when there is a surplus of snow accumulation compared to melt and evaporation at the glacier's terminus. This excess snowfall causes the glacier to flow forward, pushing the front further.
The tide will begin to recede shortly.
I am waiting for the tide to recede.
Recede means to move away; if it's recede into the background, you could use "fade."
The Vicar's hair line is beginning to recede.
An extensive pile of till (loose debris & rocks) called an end moraine can build up at the front of the glacier and is typically crescent shaped. Two kinds of end moraines are recognized: terminal and recessional moraines. A terminal moraine is the ridge of till that marks the farthest advance of the glacier before it started to recede. A recessional moraine is one that develops at the front of the receding glacier; a series of recessional moraines mark the path of a retreating glacier.
Recede means to pull back or to withdraw
The adjective form of "recede" is "receding."
How can you use the word recede in a sentence?
When a tsunami occurs, waters near the shore begin to recede.