Alpine glacier
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Alpine glaciers form on mountain slopes and are also known as mountain, niche or cirque glaciers. An Alpine glacier that fills a valley is referred to as a Valley glacier. Larger glaciers that cover an entire mountain, mountain chain or volcano are known as an ice cap or ice field.
[edit] Also see
- Physical Features of Mountains
- Defining Mountain Regions
- Snow and Weather Glossary
- Mountains and Mountain Forests Global Statistical Summary
- Frozen Ground
- Cryosphere
- What Affects Frozen Ground
- What is the Cryosphere
- Snow
- Clouds
- Evaporation
- Freezing Point / Freeze
- Moisture
- Rime
- Sublimation
- Water
- Snow line
- Tree line
- Frost line
- Landform
[edit] Reference
- Wikipedia Glacier [1]
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