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FIGURE 2-9 Flowing meltwater on the surface of the Greenland ice sheet. Some of this water goes into the ice sheet through features called moulins, eventually reaching the bottom, where it may promote more rapid flow of the ice. Meltwater and moulins have been occurring at higher and higher elevations over time. SOURCE: Reprinted, with permission, from Roger Braithwaite, University of Manchester and Specialiststock.com.
