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Category: Glaciers by country. 47 languages. ... Glaciers of Tibet (5 P) Glaciers of Turkey (2 P) U. Glaciers of the United States (3 C, 1 P) V. Glaciers of Venezuela ...
Ice streams are a type of glacier [5] and many of them have "glacier" in their name, e.g. Pine Island Glacier. Ice shelves are listed separately in the List of Antarctic ice shelves. For the purposes of these lists, the Antarctic is defined as any latitude further south than 60° (the continental limit according to the Antarctic Treaty System). [6]
The Great Lakes are the largest glacial lakes in the world. The prehistoric glacial Lake Agassiz once held more water than contained by all lakes in the world today. A glacial lake is a body of water with origins from glacier activity. They are formed when a glacier erodes the land and then melts, filling the depression created by the glacier. [1]
Patagonia (Spanish pronunciation: [pataˈɣonja]) is a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile.The region comprises the southern section of the Andes Mountains with lakes, fjords, temperate rainforests, and glaciers in the west and deserts, tablelands, and steppes to the east.
Category: Glacial lakes by country. 11 languages. Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Čeština; Esperanto; ... Glacial lakes of the United States (3 C, 96 P)
Glacial lakes by country (16 C) G. Glacial lakes of the United States (3 C, 96 P) Great Lakes (30 C, 67 P) K. ... Lake Burton (Antarctica) C. Černé jezero; Chłop ...
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Very few large lakes are found within the body of the Alps, but a number are situated around the edge, particularly in areas formerly covered by glacier tongues. These include Lake Geneva on the northern side of the alps, on the French/Swiss border, Lago Maggiore, Lake Como and Lake Garda on the southern side of the Alps in Italy/Switzerland ...