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=== Glaciers === | === Glaciers === | ||
[[File: | [[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 | ||
==== 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 === | ||