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.
recessive, receding
Glaciers grow when accumulation of snow and ice exceeds melting and sublimation, typically in colder climates with sufficient precipitation. Conversely, they recede when warmer temperatures lead to increased melting, especially during summer months, or when there is a reduction in snowfall. Climate change, particularly global warming, has accelerated glacier retreat in many regions by altering temperature and precipitation patterns. Additionally, changes in local conditions, such as volcanic activity or shifts in wind patterns, can also affect glacier dynamics.
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 melting glacier gets smaller, but a growing glacier gets bigger.
he had recede hair.
Receded is the past tense of recede.
A glacier is always moving forward (downhill). In the winter, the glacier usually isn't melting and its front edge (or "toe") will advance downhill. In the summer, the toe of the glacier usually melts faster than the glacier is moving forward, causing the front edge of the glacier to recede. If the recession in the summer is greater than the advance in the winter, then the glacier as a whole is receding and will eventually disappear. That is what is currently happening to most of the glaciers in North America and many other places around the world.
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.
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.
Recede means to pull back or to withdraw
recessive, receding
Glaciers grow when accumulation of snow and ice exceeds melting and sublimation, typically in colder climates with sufficient precipitation. Conversely, they recede when warmer temperatures lead to increased melting, especially during summer months, or when there is a reduction in snowfall. Climate change, particularly global warming, has accelerated glacier retreat in many regions by altering temperature and precipitation patterns. Additionally, changes in local conditions, such as volcanic activity or shifts in wind patterns, can also affect glacier dynamics.
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