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=== Glaciers ===
=== Glaciers ===
[[File:Baltoro glacier from air.jpg|thumb|With 7,253 known glaciers, Pakistan contains more glacial ice than any other country on earth outside the polar regions.[1] At 62 kilometres (39 mi) in length, its Baltoro Glacier is one of the world's longest alpine glaciers.]]
[[File:Receding glacier-en.svg|thumb|Receding glacier-en]]
* glacier = accumulated and compacted ice  
* glacier = accumulated and compacted ice  
* glaciers accumulate when winter snowfall does not melt during the other seasons
* glaciers accumulate when winter snowfall does not melt during the other seasons
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* 10% of the earth is covered by glacial ice
* 10% of the earth is covered by glacial ice
* 69% of the earth's fresh water is held in glaciers
* 69% of the earth's fresh water is held in glaciers
[[File:Receding glacier-en.svg|thumb|Receding glacier-en]]
==== Hubbard Glacier ====
 
* located across U.S. Canada border in southeast Alaska
* a long glacier with two sources in mountains 11,000 and 18,300 feet high
** ice starting at the furthest source takes 400 years to reach the end point feeding into the Gulf of Alaska
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File:Hubbard Glacier Alaska.jpg|thumb|Hubbard Glacier at the mouth, which is very dangerous for boats due to possibility of monster-sized chunks falling into the water|alt=The glacier relatively close
File:Baltoro glacier from air.jpg|thumb|With 7,253 known glaciers, Pakistan contains more glacial ice than any other country on earth outside the polar regions.[1] At 62 kilometres (39 mi) in length, its Baltoro Glacier is one of the world's longest alpine glaciers.
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=== Mountains ===
=== Mountains ===