Melting and evaporation are the most important; calving and removal by wind
Melting and evaporation are the most important; calving and removal by wind and by avalanching are less so. In the lower part of a glacier, it outpaces accumulation, causing shrinkage, although the opposite is true higher up. For 10 points, what eight-letter word describes the processes that decrease a glacier's mass?
Melting and evaporation are the most important; calving and removal by wind and by avalanching are less so.