Did you perchance mean one of these? donating, downswing
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“Caption Comment: Wood and Smith state that "the glacier flows in a NE direction for ~10 km through a steep-walled valley…Over the last century the Saskatchewan Glacier has experienced significant downwasting and frontal retreat.”
“He attempted to reconcile the downwasting with this layer still being extant by hypothesizing a large precipitation event in the early 1960s.”
“Thompson has reported massive 20th century downwasting of the Kilimanjaro glacier – this seems unarguable.”
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reesetee Agreed--you put your finger on why it sounds odd to me. Nov 15, 2008
sionnach This sounds so Germanic. Like saying "the sideways-leaning plank", though it's not incorrect in English, it sounds slightly peculiar. Nov 14, 2008
reesetee The thinning of a glacier resulting from melting ice. It can occur in both moving and stagnant ice. Nov 14, 2008