tidewater
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Some thicker icebergs that break from tidewater glaciers without floating ice shelf extensions can scrape along the seabed or become grounded inside a fjord.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
As temperatures continue rising around the Antarctic Peninsula, more glaciers are losing their protective ice tongues and becoming tidewater glaciers, meaning their termini rest directly on the seabed.
From Science Daily ● May 19, 2026
Many Antarctic glaciers are tidewater glaciers, meaning they sit on the ocean floor and extend into the sea, where they release icebergs.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 26, 2026
More than 750 tidewater gobies were rescued from a Malibu lagoon scorched by the Palisades fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2025
I could see all the way to tidewater and beyond.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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