WEBAlpine Glaciers. Figure 17.5 shows a cross section of an alpine glacier, illustrating a number of features. The glacier forms in a cirque—a high rock basin in which snow accumulates for year after year until it forms a glacier.

WEBAlpine glaciers (a.k.a. valley glaciers) originate on mountains, mostly in temperate and polar regions (Figure 16.1), but even in tropical regions if the mountains are high enough. Figure 16.7 Part of the continental ice sheet …

WEBRefer to this diagram as you read about the various landforms created by alpine glaciers. Figure 19.26 Diagram of alpine glacial landforms ( Source: Wikipedia, United States National Park Service. Public …

WEBAlpine Glaciers. Alpine glaciers (aka valley glaciers) originate high up in the mountains, mostly in temperate and polar regions (Figure 17.1), but also in tropical regions in high mountains (e.g. in the Andes Mountains of South …

WEBValley glaciers (also known as alpine glaciers or mountain glaciers) excel at sculpting mountains into jagged ridges, peaks, and deep U-shaped valleys as these highly erosive rivers of ice progress down mountainous …