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Glacial retreat — Edexcel GCSE Geography A Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE Geography · key term

Glacial retreat

Definition

The movement of a glacier's end back towards its source when ice loss exceeds the replacement of ice through snowfall.

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Edexcel GCSE Geography A · 1GA0

Specification 2.3 · Paper 1

Rising temperatures increase melting, contributing to glacial retreat.
Revise: Anthropogenic Climate Change

Edexcel Geography A past papers

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