Ice apron

{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-006398",
  "term": "Ice apron",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "A mass of snow and ice that clings to a steep wall, as on the headwall of a cirque or on a valley wall beneath a hanging glacier. The term is also applied to ice that pours from an ice sheet across the rim of a plateau and to the lobe of a piedmont glacier. It is not a flat shelf on level ground, but ice attached to a steep slope or wall.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/ice-apron/"
}