Valley Glacier
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Valley Glacier: an alpine glacier flowing in a valley. In mountainous regions, glacial flow is restricted by the valley walls. These glaciers start in cirques and extend down-valley from the cirque.
[edit] Also See
- Glaciation
- Mountain
- Ice age
- Physical Features of Mountains
- Defining Mountain Regions
- Frozen Ground
- Cryosphere
- What Affects Frozen Ground
- What is the Cryosphere
- Snow
- Clouds
- Evaporation
- Freezing Point / Freeze
- Moisture
- Water
- Snow line
- Tree line
- Frost line
- Landform Gallery
- Landform
[edit] Reference
- Wikipedia Glacier [1]
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