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Term: Trim-line
Definition: A sharp line on a hillside marking the boundary between well-vegetated terrain that has remained ice-free for a considerable time and poorly vegetated terrain that until relatively recently lay under glacier ice. In many areas the most prominent trim-lines date from the Little Ice Age (q.v.).  Swisseduc 

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Term: Trim-line
Definition: A sharp line on a hillside marking the boundary between well-vegetated terrain that has remained ice-free for a considerable time and poorly vegetated terrain that until relatively recently lay under glacier ice. In many areas the most prominent trim-lines date from the Little Ice Age (q.v.).
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Last Modified 2023.03.27
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