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definition
A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.
example
They warned that the effects of glacier melting on water resources are becoming “increasingly serious” for China.
Examples of glacier in a Sentence
About half a mile from the glacier the river turns S.E.
Most of the glaciers terminate at an altitude of 14,800-14,900 feet, but the small Cesar glacier, drained to the Hausberg valley, reaches to 14,450.
The whole interior of Greenland is completely covered by the so-called inland ice, an enormous glacier forming a regular shield-shaped expanse of snow and glacier ice, and burying all valleys and mountains far below its surface.
The Tasman glacier is 18 m.
Another single glacier has been surveyed 36 m.
Powder Potential Average winter snowfall on the glacier is 11 meters!
At the next station you may get a good view of the snout of a glacier.
For here five large glaciers united to form the grand trunk glacier that eroded fhe valley and occupied it as its channel.
But the Plateau was to be reached by Shackleton's way up the Beardmore glacier at which point the tracks converged.
At last we reached the top of the Crean Glacier, at a broad, indefinite col beside a striking nunatak.
Gradually coming to occupy definite beds, which are deepened and polished by the friction, they impress a characteristic appearance on the land, which guides them as they traverse it, and, although the ice melts at lower levels, vast quantities of clay and broken stones are brought down and deposited in terminal moraines where the glacier ends.
Most of the glaciers terminate at an altitude of 14,800-14,900 ft., but the small Cesar glacier, drained to the Hausberg valley, reaches to 14,450.
Elsewhere in the state, also, the work of the glacier is very evident.
Its moraines, though mostly obscured by vegetation and weathering, may still be traced; while on the snowy peaks at the headwaters of the Merced a considerable number of small glaciers, once tributary to the main Yosemite glacier, still exist.
But about half a mile from the glacier the river turns S.E.
Edgar Evans, made an extensive geological survey and study of the ice phenomenon of the lower valleys of the Western Mountains, from Butter Point southward to the Koettlitz glacier in lat.
The Ingur, TskhenisTskhali, Rion and its tributaries (e.g.th.e Kvirila) are longer, but also in part torrential; they drain the great glacier region between Elbruz and Kasbek.
Beinn Eighe 38 1152 x 864 328K A retreating glacier has left this ' erratic ' here.
From base camp, we climb directly up the slope below the Urus glacier to gain easy snow slopes.
Powder Potential Average winter snowfall on the glacier is 11 meters !
These scientists think that global warming may lead to more extreme weather such as dry spells, intense rain, hurricanes and increased heat, which results in glacier melting and an increase in sea levels.
The Tasman Glacier at Mount Cook National Park is one of the few heli skiing areas that has terrain suitable for skiers who can ski blue or intermediate trails.
Tasman Glacier heli skiing packages include lunch, three plane rides, professional guides and avalanche safety equipment.
While there is an almost endless amount of Alaska cruise itineraries to choose from, most last minute options sail to either the Inside Passage or to glacier colonies.
This line offers cruises in Alaska's Glacier Bay aboard a 36, 22 or a 12-passenger vessel.
Near its margin the surface of the inland ice is broken up by numerous large crevasses, formed by the outward motion of the glacier covering the underlying land.
The neve is thus the feeding ground of the glacier (q.v.).
Leaving out of account the innumerable glacier streams that swell its volume above the Lake of Constance, the most important affluents to its upper course are the Wutach, the Alb and the Wiese, descending on the right from the Black Forest, and the Aar, draining several Swiss cantons on the left.
The glacier or ice sheet, above referred to, deposited till or boulder clay, which was compacted under the enormous pressure of the ice sheet to form the " hard-pan " referred to later.
The Glacial striae, and the dislocated rocks - moved a few inches or feet from their places, and others, at greater distances, turned over, and beginning to assume the sub-angular form of Glacial boulders - were found precisely as the glacier, receding from the bar, and giving place to the ancient lake, had left them, covered and preserved by sand and gravel washed from the terminal morain.
The coast of the Baltic is rocky only in the island-studded region at the head of the Baltic basin proper - a submerged lake-districtand the littoral generally is a typical morainic land, the work of the last great Baltic glacier.
The case of the glacier in the valley of Argeles in the department of Hautes-Pyrenees is the best-known instance.
You'll also board a catamaran to get even closer for a different view of the glacier.
Again, there is a magnificent glacier cirque at the valley head.
Heavily crevassed area on a glacier where the descent is steep.
Has Jesus's amazing grace melted the glacier in your heart?
Moraines Large end moraines Large end moraine associated with deposition at the margin of the Russell Glacier, a large outlet glacier in western Greenland.
A still hardier mountaineer is the Sierra juniper (Juniperus occidentalis ), growing mostly on domes and ridges and glacier pavements.
In the short term, glacier retreat may have some benefits.
The final descent down the Fortuna Glacier in the dark being illuminated by the searchlight from our waiting ship.
It was the only landing place which we saw as we sailed pass all the steep cliffs and glacier snouts.
A remarkable land of coastal swamps, highland river valleys, even a glacier high in the central mountains.
Penetrating the peninsula, and advancing like a glacier or half-liquid stream of mud, they occupied the valley of the P0, and moved slowly downward through the centre of the country.
South sawyer glacier unwilling to be next year rci of everything there.
Passing the snout of the Khumbu Glacier, we reach a line of memorials to Sherpas who have died on Everest.
German snow skiing isn't as well known as some of the other ski areas in Europe, but Germany does offer a number of quaint and friendly ski resort options that include glacier skiing and World Cup races.
The line's specialty is Alaskan voyages, with many seven-day cruises investigating the scenic Inside Passage, Skagway, Ketchikan, and Glacier Bay during the summer and fall months.
Other national park visits may include Tombstone Territorial Park or Glacier Bay National Park.Tours always include amenities similar to the comforts of a cruise ship, even though they're still on land.
Most cruise lines cater to couples to give them exactly what they are looking for, whether they want to get married inside the ship or if they would rather marry on deck with a beautiful glacier in the background.
Meaning you can fish, bird watch, or enjoy a gourmet meal on the upper deck while listening to the symphony of humpback whales and calving glacier ice whenever you please.