gcmd_keyword : GLACIAL LANDFORMS>OUTWASH FANS/PLAINS

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parent	GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES>GLACIAL LANDFORMS
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definition	An outwash fan is a fan-shaped body of sediments deposited by braided streams from a melting glacier. Sediment locked within the ice of the glacier, gets transported by the streams of meltwater, and deposits on the outwash plain, at the terminus of the glacier.
identifier	2e62a5dd-5ea5-4cd6-8051-b5e162ef4e01
label	OUTWASH FANS/PLAINS
parent_identifier	b895f4b5-5273-49ef-883f-b67d9f199505
GCMD Metadata	2e62a5dd-5ea5-4cd6-8051-b5e162ef4e01
Ancestors	OUTWASH FANS/PLAINS < GLACIAL LANDFORMS < GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES < LAND SURFACE < EARTH SCIENCE < Science Keywords