Definitions for "Valley Glacier"
Related Terms:
Alpine glacier, Piedmont glacier, Tarn, Icefall, Cirque glacier, Nunatak, Cirque, Till plain, Hummock, Drumlin, Ice field, Thermokarst, Sérac, Glacier, Crevasse, Bergschrund, Couloir, Hanging valley, Lateral moraine, Ground moraine, Moulin, Ice cap, End moraine, Kame, Continental glacier, Glacial lake, Accumulation, Valley train, Outwash plain, Horn, Glaciation, Ice stream, Tidewater glacier, Cryosphere, Periglacial, Glaciated, Recessional moraine, Kettle , Basal sliding, Snowline, Glaciate, Neve, Hummocky, U-shaped valley, Esker, Erratics, Ice sheet, Moraine, Snow cave, Medial moraine
A glacier that occurs in a mountainous region and occupies a valley. Also known as an Alpine Glacier.
An alpine glacier that flows through a preexisting stream valley.
A glacier that is confined to a stream valley. Synonymous with alpine glacier, mountain glacier.
A glacier which flows down a valley.
glacier that is smaller than a continental glacier or an icecap and that flows mainly along well-defined valleys in mountainous regions.
A river of ice that flows down a mountain valley.
A subtype of alpine glacier or mountain glacier which is longer than it is wide, and flows along the floor of a mountain valley.
a stream of ice flowing down a valley from an accumulation area
a vast accumulation of snow and ice slowly flowing downhill from a mountain ice field
glacier lying primarily in a mountain valley.
a mountain glacier whose flow is confined by valley walls.
a glacier that occupies a mountain valley, as in the Alps and the mountains of the western United States. [AHDOS