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postglacial rebound

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The rise of the lithosphere in areas which were depressed by the weight of a continental ice sheet during the last ice age.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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  • Estonian: glatsioisostaasia — rise of depressed lithosphere
  • Estonian: maakerge — rise of depressed lithosphere
  • Estonian: maatõus — rise of depressed lithosphere
  • Finnish: maankohoaminen — rise of depressed lithosphere
  • Georgian: გლაციოიზოსტაზია (glacioizosṭazia) — rise of depressed lithosphere
  • Georgian: გლაციალური იზოსტაზია (glacialuri izosṭazia) — rise of depressed lithosphere
  • Georgian: პოსტგლაციალური უკუქცევა (ṗosṭglacialuri uḳukceva) — rise of depressed lithosphere
  • Georgian: იზოსტატიკური უკუქცევა (izosṭaṭiḳuri uḳukceva) — rise of depressed lithosphere
  • Georgian: ქერქული უკუქცევა (kerkuli uḳukceva) — rise of depressed lithosphere
  • German: Landhebung — rise of depressed lithosphere
  • Swedish: landhöjning — rise of depressed lithosphere