Relating to or located at equal distances from glaciated regions, or having equally distributed glacial features.
From 'equi-' (equal) combined with 'glacial' (from Latin 'glacies' meaning ice). The term emerged in geography to describe areas with comparable relationships to ice sheets.
Geographers studying climate zones realized they needed terms for regions that shared similar glacial characteristics—'equiglacial' was an attempt, but most scientists settled on 'periglacial' or specific latitude-based terminology instead.
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