alpine glacier

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a glacier in mountainous terrain
A stream or sheet of ice located high in a mountain valley and fed by streams or compacted snow
A mountain glacier that is confined by highlands
n a glacier formed high in the mountains around a horn, extending down valley to a point where it melts in the valley
a) Any glacier in a mountain range except an ice cap or ice sheet It usually originates in a cirque and may flow down into a valley previously carved by a stream Compare - continental glacier GG b) (not preferred - refer to U-shaped valley): (relict) - landforms or sediments formed, modified or deposited by a glacier in or on mountains or high hills that has since melted away Compare - glacial-valley floor, glacial-valley wall SW
a glacier that moves down from a high valley
alpine glacier
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