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RISS GLACIATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Riss glaciation mean?
• RISS GLACIATION (noun)
The noun RISS GLACIATION has 1 sense:
1. the next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in the Alps and the deposits laid down at that time
Familiarity information: RISS GLACIATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in the Alps and the deposits laid down at that time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("Riss glaciation" is a kind of...):
glaciation (the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice)
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