retreat of a glacier
11Glacier View Ranch — is an alpine Christian retreat and conference centre located near Boulder, Colorado in the United States. During the summer holidays, it runs summer camps for children and teenagers in the Colorado Conference. It is owned and operated by the… …
12Retreat Hills — (coord|72|59|S|165|12|E|) is a group of hills at the south side of the head of Astronaut Glacier, along the south margin of Evans Neve. So named by the Northern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962 63,… …
13glacier — glaciered, adj. /glay sheuhr/, n. an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of… …
14Glacier mass balance — See also Retreat of glaciers since 1850 Crucial to the survival of a glacier is its mass balance, the difference between accumulation and ablation (melting and sublimation). Climate change may cause variations in both temperature and snowfall,… …
15Glacier National Park (U.S.) — Infobox protected area | name = Glacier National Park iucn category = II caption = locator x = 67 locator y = 17 location = Flathead County Glacier County, flagicon|Montana Montana, USA nearest city = Kalispell lat degrees = 48 lat minutes = 48… …
16Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve — Infobox protected area | name = Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve iucn category = II caption = locator x = 49 locator y = 169 location = Hoonah Angoon Census Area and Yakutat City and Borough, flagicon|Alaska Alaska, USA nearest city =… …
17Glacier cave — A glacier cave is a cave formed within the ice of a glacier. Glacier caves are often called ice caves, but this term is properly used to describe bedrock caves that contain year round ice.Most glacier caves are started by water running through or …
18Glacier Carstensz — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Carstensz. Glacier Carstensz Vu …
19retreat — 01. The soldiers were forced to [retreat] under heavy fire from the enemy. 02. General Douglas MacArthur once declared, We re not [retreating]; we re just advancing in a different direction. 03. The union has since [retreated] from its original… …
20Tidewater glacier cycle — The tidewater glacier cycle is the typically centuries long behavior of tidewater glaciers that consists of recurring periods of advance alternating with rapid retreat and punctuated by periods of stability. During portions of its cycle, a… …
