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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 glaciers in a Sentence
Glaciers are fully developed.
Apart from the fjords and lakes the chief beauties of the Alps are glaciers and waterfalls.
Among the great glaciers which stream from the peak the most noteworthy are those of Bossons and Taconnaz (northern slope) and of Brenva and Miage (southern slope).
To the west of Aorangi glaciers crawl into the forest as low as 400 ft.
A district of considerable extent in the centre of the island is occupied by snowfields, whence glaciers descend east and west to the sea.
The glaciers must have reached the sea at Cascade Point in southern Westland.
Glaciers were not known till the year 1899, when they were discovered on the Byelaya and Ushkinskaya (15,400 ft.) mountains.
The wildlife and glaciers are definitely impressive.
Whether you want to enjoy the tropical brilliance of the Caribbean or the majestic glaciers of Alaska, a cruise offers couples the chance to visit several ports and enjoy a bounty of food.
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Fortunately, you don't have to go bankrupt in order to experience the area's perfectly preserved glaciers, forests, mountains, and exotic wildlife.
Its combination of unspoiled wilderness, glimmering glaciers, towering mountains, and quaint waterfront communities, make it a dream vacation destination for cruisers of all ages.
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.
These trenches have for successive geological periods been the drainage valleys of immense lakes (probably also of glaciers) which formerly extended over the plateau or fiords of the seas which surrounded it.
Its glaciers send down a thousand rills which combine to form the Pangani river.
The northernmost part of the coast ranges, in Washington, is often given independent rank as the Olympic Range (Mt Olympus, 8150 ft.); it is a picturesque mountain group, bearing snowfields and glaciers, and suggestive of the dome-like uplift of a previously worn-down mass; but it is now so maturely dissected as to make the suggested origin uncertain.
The Scottish corries have been occupied by glaciers.
Whistler offers more than 432,000 acres including 173 glaciers and 475 runs accessible from a helicopter.
The 49th state is home to some of the planet's most breathtaking scenery, including cobalt blue water, awe-inspiring glaciers, abundant wildlife, and stunning sunsets.
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The Wakhan glaciers under the Wakhjir water-parting, Lake Chakmaktin near the sources of the Aksu, and Lake Victoria of the Great Pamir have all been claimed as indicating the Glacial of true source of the Oxus.
Pass native fishing villages and forested slopes; set foot on ice-age glaciers, visit Gold Rush settlements and parks of totem poles.
You'll see glaciers and other natural treasures up close.
It's a great opportunity to view wildlife and majestic glaciers.
During the voyage you will see glaciers and wildlife.
The glaciers and the rocks called forth no raptures.
There are no glaciers now to be found in Afghan Turkestan; but evidences of their recent existence are abundant.
In the mountains west of Kabul glaciers have retired, leaving the moraines perfectly undisturbed.
From this point the climb to the Plateau began through magnificent scenery of glaciers and peaks, the heights of which were estimated as 10,000, 15,000 and even 19,000 feet.
There are a number of glaciers in the upper portion, and the climate of the whole district is very severe.
Much of the ruggedness and beauty of the mountains is due to the erosive action of many alpine glaciers that once existed on the higher summits, and which have left behind their evidences in valleys and amphitheatres with towering walls, polished rock-expanses, glacial lakes and meadows and tumbling waterfalls.
Remnants of these glaciers are still to be seen, - as notably on Mt.
The canyons are largely the work of rivers, modified by glaciers that ran through them after the rivers had formed them.
Several small glaciers still remain about the base of Cloud Peak, the highest summit in the range (13,165 ft.).
All the higher parts are thus snow-clad; and glaciers, numerous in the north, occur as far south as the Helagsfjall.
On the elevated parts of this large continent glaciers were formed, which, proceeding downwards to the lower levels, gave origin to large streams and rivers, the abundant deposits of which formed the diluvial sand and the diluvial clay.
Farther south this excessive precipitation is in the form of snow in the Cordilleras, forming glaciers at a comparatively low level which in places discharge into the inlets and bays of the sea.
Some of the larger lakes of the Andes have glaciers discharging into them.
The Yarkand-Darya and its numerous tributaries, which are fed by the glaciers of the mountain regions, as also many rivers which are now lost in the steppe or amidst the irrigated fields, bring abundance of water to the desert; one of them is called Zarafshan ("gold-strewing"), as much on account of the fertility it brings as of its auriferous sands.
The level to which the Himalayan glaciers extend is greatly dependent on local conditions, principally the extent and elevation of the snow basins which feed them, and the slope and position of the mountain on which they are formed.
Glaciers on the outer slopes of the Himalaya descend much lower than is commonly the case in Tibet, or in the most elevated valleys near the snowy range.
The glaciers of Sikkim and the eastern mountains are believed not to reach a lower level than 13,500 or 14,000 ft.
In Europe the glaciers descend between 3000 and 5000 ft.
Measurements of the movement of Himalayan glaciers give results according closely with those obtained under analogous conditions in the Alps, viz.
The dimensions of the glaciers on the outer Himalaya, where, as before remarked, the valleys descend rapidly to lower levels, are fairly comparable with those of Alpine glaciers, though frequently much exceeding them in length8 or io m.
In the elevated valleys of northern Tibet, where the destructive action of the summer heat is far less, the development of the glaciers is enormous.
In connexion with almost all the Himalayan glaciers of which precise accounts are forthcoming are ancient moraines indicating some previous condition in which their extent was much larger than now.
The explanation suggested to account for the former great extension of glaciers in Norway would seem applicable here.
The cicada's song resounds among the woods in the autumn; flights of locusts frequently appear after the summer, and they are carried by the prevailing winds even among the glaciers and eternal snows.
The region is made up in general of high ranges deeply glaciated, preserving some remnants of ancient glaciers, and having fine " Alpine " scenery, with many sharp peaks and ridges, U-shaped valleys, cirques, lakes and waterfalls.