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Definition of Alpine type of glacier
1. Noun. A glacier that moves down from a high valley.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alpine Type Of Glacier
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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