A glacier (US: /ˈɡleɪʃər/; UK: /ˈɡlæsiər, ˈɡleɪsiər/) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier...
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Tibet. Two large tributary glaciers, the East Rongbuk Glacier and the West Rongbuk Glacier, flow into the main Rongbuk Glacier. It flows north and forms...
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Glacier National Park is a national park of the United States located in northwestern Montana, on the Canada–United States border, adjacent to Waterton...
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The Siachen Glacier is a glacier located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas at about 35°25′16″N 77°06′34″E / 35.421226°N 77.109540°E /...
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Example of a mountain glacier retreat: White Chuck Glacier, Washington The retreat of glaciers since 1850 is a well-documented effect of climate change...
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Glacier National Park may refer to: Glacier National Park (Canada), in British Columbia, Canada Glacier National Park (U.S.), in Montana, USA Glacier...
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Glacier morphology, or the form a glacier takes, is influenced by temperature, precipitation, topography, and other factors. The goal of glacial morphology...
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A glacier (US: /ˈɡleɪʃər/ GLAY-shər) or (UK: /ˈɡlæsiə/) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight; it forms where...
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The Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica is one of the largest valley glaciers in the world, being 200 km (125 mi) long and having a width of 40 km (25 mi)...
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Kukri Hills (redirect from Crescent Glacier (Antarctica))
Borns Glacier, Calkin Glacier, Hughes Glacier, Sollas Glacier, Marr Glacier, Calamon Glacier, Howard Glacier, Crescent Glacier and Wales Glacier. Peaks...
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Sulzberger Ice Shelf (redirect from Hammond Glacier)
Glacier, Swope Glacier, Boyd Glacier and Arthur Glacier to the Denfeld Mountains. It then runs north past the mouth of the Crevasse Valley Glacier and northwest...
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Vatnajökull (redirect from Vatnajokull Glacier)
pronunciation: [ˈvahtnaˌjœːkʏtl̥] , literally "Glacier of Lakes"; sometimes translated as Vatna Glacier in English) is the largest and most voluminous...
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The Perito Moreno Glacier (Spanish: Glaciar Perito Moreno) is a glacier located in Los Glaciares National Park in southwest Santa Cruz Province, Argentina...
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The Marsh Glacier (82°52′S 158°30′E / 82.867°S 158.500°E / -82.867; 158.500) is a glacier about 110 km (70 mi) long that is a tributary of the Nimrod...
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Thwaites Glacier is an unusually broad and vast Antarctic glacier located east of Mount Murphy, on the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land. It was initially...
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Moulin (geomorphology) (redirect from Glacier mill)
A moulin (or glacier mill) is a roughly circular, vertical (or nearly vertical) well-like shaft formed where a surface meltstream exploits a weakness...
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Eyjafjallajökull (redirect from Eyjafjalla glacier)
Eyjafjallajökull (Icelandic: [ˈeiːjaˌfjatl̥aˌjœːkʏtl̥] ; "glacier of (the mountain) Eyjafjöll"), sometimes referred to by the numeronym E15, is one of...
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Lillie Glacier (70°45′S 163°55′E / 70.750°S 163.917°E / -70.750; 163.917) is a large glacier in Antarctica, about 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi)...
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Himalayas (redirect from Himalayan glaciers)
valley glaciers were 60 to 112 km (37 to 70 mi) long during the ice age. The glacier snowline (the altitude where accumulation and ablation of a glacier are...
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Glacier growing, artificial glaciation or glacier grafting, is a practice carried out in the Hindu Kush and Himalaya regions aimed at creating small new...
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Glacier Girl is a Lockheed P-38F Lightning, World War II fighter plane, 41-7630, c/n 222-5757, restored to flying condition after being buried beneath...
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Mount Hood (redirect from Eliot glacier)
attracts an estimated 10,000 climbers a year. The peak is home to 12 named glaciers and snowfields. Mount Hood is considered the Oregon volcano most likely...
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Tucker Glacier (72°32′S 169°15′E / 72.533°S 169.250°E / -72.533; 169.250 (Tucker Glacier)) is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, Antarctica...
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46°35′42″N 9°45′36″E / 46.59500°N 9.76000°E / 46.59500; 9.76000 The Glacier Express is a direct train connecting railway stations of the two major...
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Mendenhall Glacier (in Tlingit language “Sít”) is a glacier about 13.6 miles (21.9 km) long located in Mendenhall Valley, about 12 miles (19 km) from downtown...
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Okjökull (redirect from Ok (glacier))
[ˈɔkˌjœːkʏtl̥], Ok glacier) was a glacier in western Iceland on top of the shield volcano Ok. Ok is located north-east of Reykjavík. The glacier was declared...
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71°S 70°E / 71°S 70°E / -71; 70 Lambert Glacier is a major glacier in East Antarctica. At about 80 km (50 mi) wide, over 400 km (250 mi) long, and about...
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Glacier is a census-designated place in the North Fork Nooksack River Valley, at an elevation of 906 ft., just 10 miles northwest of the Mount Baker Summit...
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Mount Takahe (redirect from Clausen Glacier)
trachytic lava flows, but hyaloclastite is also found. Snow, ice, and glaciers cover most of Mount Takahe. With a volume of 780 km3 (200 cu mi), it is...
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Tronador (redirect from Castaño Overa Glacier)
Argentina and Vicente Pérez Rosales in Chile, Tronador hosts a total of eight glaciers, which are currently retreating due to warming of the upper troposphere...
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