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    A glacier (US: /ˈɡleɪʃər/; UK: /ˈɡlæsiər, ˈɡleɪsiər/) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms...
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    Glacier National Park is an American national park located in northwestern Montana, on the Canada–United States border, adjacent to Waterton Lakes National...
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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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  • 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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    Example of a mountain glacier retreat: White Chuck Glacier, Washington The retreat of glaciers since 1850 is well documented and is one of the effects...
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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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    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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    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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    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, 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    Glacial lake (redirect from Glacier lake)
    origins from glacier activity. They are formed when a glacier erodes the land and then melts, filling the depression created by the glacier. Near the end...
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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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    Jostedal Glacier or Jostedalsbreen (Norwegian) is the largest glacier in continental Europe. It is in Vestland county in Western Norway. Jostedalsbreen...
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    pronunciation: [ˈvahtnaˌjœːkʏtl̥] , literally "Glacier of Lakes"; sometimes translated as Vatna Glacier in English) is the largest and most voluminous...
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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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    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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    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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    Mount Hood (redirect from Eliot glacier)
    239 ft (3,425.6 m) of slightly older origin. The peak is home to 12 named glaciers and snowfields. It is the highest point in Oregon and the fourth highest...
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  • Thumbnail for Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
    Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is an American national park located in Southeast Alaska west of Juneau. President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the...
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    The Pindari Glacier is a glacier found in the upper reaches of the Kumaon Himalayas, to the southeast of Nanda Devi and Nanda Kot. The glacier is about 9...
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  • Kohler Range (redirect from Kohler Glacier)
    the Yoder Glacier. The Horrall Glacier, a tributary of the Kohler Glacier, runs east through the north of the range to join the Kohler Glacier. The Simmons...
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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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    Glacier Bay Basin in southeastern Alaska, in the United States, encompasses the Glacier Bay and surrounding mountains and glaciers, which was first proclaimed...
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    Glacier (German: Aletschgletscher, German pronunciation: [ˈalɛtʃˌɡlɛtʃɐ]) or Great Aletsch Glacier (Grosser Aletschgletscher) is the largest glacier in...
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    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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    Hubbard Glacier (Lingít: Sít' Tlein) is a glacier located in Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve in eastern Alaska and Kluane National Park...
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