Definition of Alpine type of glacier

1. Noun. A glacier that moves down from a high valley.

Exact synonyms: Alpine Glacier
Generic synonyms: Glacier

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alpine Type Of Glacier

Alphonse Capone
Alphonsine
Alphonso
Alpine
Alpine anemone
Alpine besseya
Alpine celery pine
Alpine enchanter's nightshade
Alpine fir
Alpine glacier
Alpine golden chain
Alpine lady fern
Alpine lift
Alpine mouse-ear
Alpine scurvy
Alpine type of glacier (current term)
Alpine woodsia
Alpinia
Alpinia Zerumbet
Alpinia galanga
Alpinia officinalis
Alpinia officinarum
Alpinia purpurata
Alpinia speciosa
Alpinism
Alport's syndrome
Alps
Alrisha
Alsace

Literary usage of Alpine type of glacier

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Glacial Geology of New Jersey: By Rollin D. Salisbury, Assisted by Henry by Rollin D. Salisbury, Henry Barnard Kümmel, Charles Emerson Peet, George N. Knapp (1902)
"But it is so large, and departs so far from the Alpine type of glacier, as to give us an enlarged idea of the dimensions which glaciers may attain, ..."

2. The Tourist's Northwest by Ruth Kedzie Wood (1916)
"Next follows the great Cowlitz Glacier at 8000 feet elevation, the most characteristic example of the Alpine type of glacier on Rainier's slopes, ..."

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