Drainage Pattern Formed by Summer Melt on Greenland Ice Sheet (IMAGE)

University of Oregon

Drainage Pattern Formed by Summer Melt on Greenland Ice Sheet

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Graphic shows a drainage system view that is overlaid on a satellite image of a portion of Greenland's ice sheet during the movement of summertime meltwater moving from high elevations downward to the sea.

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Courtesy of Leif Karlstrom

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