free water
free water is that portion of the pore water that is free to move between interconnected pores under the influence of gravity.
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Free water at the base of Dirt Glacier, British Columbia, in 1904.
C.W. Wright, archived at the World Data Center for Glaciology, Boulder, CO
Topic(s):
frozen ground or permafrost
glaciers