A glacial terminusSatellite view of changing glacier termini in the Bhutan-Himalaya, showing glacial lakes formed by the retreating termini on the surface of the debris-covered glaciers over the last several decades.
A glacier terminus, toe, or snout, is the end of a glacier at any given point in time. Although glaciers seem motionless to the observer, in reality they are in endless motion and the glacier terminus is always either advancing or retreating. The location of the terminus is often directly related to glacier mass balance, which is based on the amount of snowfall which occurs in the accumulation zone of a glacier, as compared to the amount that is melted in the ablation zone. The position of a glacier terminus is also impacted by localized or regional temperature change over time.[1]
^"All About Glaciers - Glacier Terminus". National Snow and Ice Data Center. Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
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northeast toward its terminus in Tarr Inlet. Margerie Glacier is one of the most active and frequently-visited glaciers in Glacier Bay, which was declared...
4 km of the glacierterminus. As of 1984, the glacierterminus was measured to be about 0.5 km above the Karakoram Highway. The glacier has since retreated...
arrives at the glacierterminus. This high sediment supply often makes them steep and braided. Many modern proglacial rivers drain glaciers in the mountain...
and calving rate at the glacierterminus as it changes position. Calving glaciers are different from land terminating glaciers in the variation in velocity...
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...
southern end of mainland South America. Viedma Glacier is a valley glacier and its moraine-rich terminus flows into the western end of Lake Viedma, which...
thinned the Bering Glacier by several thousand meters. Since 1900 the terminus has retreated as much as 12 km (7.5 mi). The Bering Glacier exhibits "surges"...
Severny's northernmost cape. View of Cape Zhelaniya. Inostrantsev Glacierterminus. West coast. Walruses resting on the shore of Severny Island. Islands...
While the glacier flows from north to south it has three lesser eastflowing tributary glacier: Bertacchi, Cono and Murallón. The glacierterminus is at Upsala...
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900 m (16,100 ft) at its terminus to 7,600 m (24,900 ft) at its source, it is the world's highest glacier. The Khumbu Glacier is followed for the final...
Tasman Glacier (officially Haupapa / Tasman Glacier) is the largest glacier in New Zealand, and one of several large glaciers which flow south and east...
the massive glacier descends until it reaches its rocky lower terminus at about 5,100 ft (1,600 m) in elevation. In the 1930s, the glacier was found to...
mass loss from the upper surface of a glacier or ocean-driven melt and calving on the face of a glacierterminus. Ablation can refer either to the processes...
accumulates than snow and ice melt. Until 1948 the glacier had a calving front; since then the terminus has been grounded. Due to the positive mass balance...
been known to occur, without warning, up to 300 m (980 ft) from the glacierterminus. Though many factors that contribute to calving have been identified...
(109 km) west of Skagway. In 2004 Grand Pacific Glacier was about 2 miles (3,200 m) wide at the terminus, averaging about 150 feet (50 m) high at the ice...
Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) near the glacier'sterminus, and the building of a hotel nearby, the glacier became a prominent tourist destination in...
2013, showing the maximum height of the glacier reached around 2009 Fox River emerging from the glacierterminus In an 1890s report on "Tourist Attractions...
terminus. As recently as the mid-1980s the glacier was a tidewater glacier and calved icebergs from a wall of ice 90 m (200 feet) tall. The glacier is...
above the glacierterminus. The Main Branch is characterized by a large, low-sloping basin compared to the smaller and steeper West Branch. Glacier elevation...
cirque below Chaukhamba, the highest peak of the group. The terminus of the Gangotri Glacier is said to resemble a cow's mouth, and the place is called...
Wordie Glacier (Danish: Wordie Gletscher) is a glacier in northeastern Greenland. It has its terminus on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet. This...
The health of a glacier is usually assessed by determining the glacier mass balance or observing terminus behavior. Healthy glaciers have large accumulation...
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