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An ablation pattern which shows ablation in a whole year below the equilibrium line is called year-round ablation pattern. Most tropical glaciers show year-round ablation pattern and the seasonality controls accumulation, whereas most Himalayan glaciers in Nepal show summer accumulation as well as ablation type characteristics. Most glaciers in the European Alps are winter accumulation and summer-ablation type glaciers. Year-round ablation pattern occurs only where the seasonal climatic variations is very less, such as on the Puncak Jaya massif in the Indonesian territory of Irian Jaya (4° 05′ S., 137° 11′ E.; 4,884 m).
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Kayastha, R.B. (2011). Year-Round Ablation Pattern. In: Singh, V.P., Singh, P., Haritashya, U.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2642-2_603
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