melt pond

English

Etymology

From melt +‎ pond.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛlt ˌpɑnd/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛlt ˌpɒnd/

Noun

melt pond (plural melt ponds)

(glaciology) Pools of melted water which form on glacial, shelf, or sea ice, typically during warmer periods.

Translations

liquid pools on otherwise solid ice

French: étang de fonte
Korean: 융해 연못 (yunghae yeonmot)
Polish: staw stopionej wody m
Portuguese: lagoa de degelo f
Spanish: charca de deshielo f

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Arabic: ^{(please verify)} اَلْبَرَكَة اَلذَّائِبَة f (al-baraka aḏ-ḏāʔiba)
Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 液化的流动冰 (yè huà de liú dòng bīng)
Czech: ^{(please verify)} roztavte rybník m inan
Danish: ^{(please verify)} smeltedam c
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} smeltvijver
German: ^{(please verify)} Schmelztümpel
Greek: ^{(please verify)} λιώστε τη λίμνη (lióste ti límni)
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} אגם נמס (agam names)
Hindi: ^{(please verify)} पिघला तालाब (pighlā tālāb)
Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} olvasztott jég tó
Italian: ^{(please verify)} stagno di fusione m
Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 融雪池 (ゆうせつ-ち, yūsetsu-chi)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} apă topită iaz f
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} smältdamm c

References

melt pond on Wikipedia.Wikipedia