ice-marginal conditions
1Ice climbing — Ice climbing, as the term indicates, is the activity of ascending inclined ice formations. Usually, ice climbing refers to roped and protected climbing of features such as icefalls, frozen waterfalls, and cliffs and rock slabs covered with ice… …
2Holocene Epoch — formerly Recent Epoch Latest interval of the Earth s geologic history, dating from 10,000 years ago to the present. The younger of the two epochs that constitute the Quaternary Period, the Holocene follows the last glacial stage of the… …
3river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… …
4Norwegian Sea — The Vestfjord with the mountains of the Lofoten archipelago seen from Løvøy Island in Steigen. Vågakaillen (942 m) is the taller of the two peaks in the centre of the image …
5Air Florida Flight 90 — Salvage operations on January 19, 1982 Accident summary Date January 13, 1982 Type …
6New Zealand wine — Map showing major cities and approximate location of the main NZ wine growing areas New Zealand wine is largely produced in ten major wine growing regions spanning latitudes 36° to 45° South and extending 1,600 kilometres (990 mi). They are …
7Dendrochronology — Drill for dendrochronology sampling and growth ring counting Dendrochronology or tree ring dating is the scientific method of dating based on the analysis of patterns of tree rings. Dendrochronology can date the time at which tree rings were… …
8Oak Ridges Moraine — The Oak Ridges Moraine is an ecologically important geological landform in the Mixedwood Plains of south central Ontario, Canada. The moraine covers a geographic area of 1,900 square kilometres (730 sq mi) between Caledon and Rice Lake …
9Driftless Area — Relief map showing primarily the Minnesota part of the Driftless Area. The wide diagonal river is the Upper Mississippi River. In this area, it forms the boundary between Minnesota and Wisconsin. The rivers entering the Mississippi from the west… …
10Pinot noir — Noirien redirects here. For a French wine grape that is also known as Noirien, see Négrette. Pinot noir Pinot noir grapes at Chehalem Ridgecrest Vineyard, Newberg, Oregon Colour Black Also called …
