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net balance
The change in the amount of mass of a glacier from one year to the next
 
niche
The ecological role of a species; the set of resources it consumes, and habitats it occupies
 
nival zone
The altitudinal zone beginning where more snow falls on flat surfaces then melts (longstanding mean)
 

 

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29 August 2011
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