…Hanging glaciers are small glaciers that cling to steep slopes, and can drop further down to form regenerated glaciers (Turkestan-type glaciers). They are named according to their size, such as cirque glaciers that are contained within cirque formations formed during the ice age, valley glaciers that form cirques at the head of the valley and flow down the valley (Alpine-type glaciers), and foothill glaciers (Alaskan-type glaciers) where several valley glaciers join together and reach the plains at the foot of the mountain. Although they are much smaller than continental glaciers, there are also cases where the entire mountain range is covered by glaciers like a cap, and they are called ice cap glaciers. … *Some of the terminology that refers to "Alaska-type glaciers" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…懸垂氷河は急な斜面にへばりついたような小さなもので,そこからさらに下方へ落下して再生氷河(トルキスタン型氷河)がつくられていることもある。氷期に形成されたカール(圏谷)地形のなかに収まっている圏谷氷河,カールを谷頭部に形成しながら谷の下方へ流れ出している谷氷河(アルプス型氷河),谷氷河がいくつか合流して山麓の平野にまで達している山麓氷河(アラスカ型氷河)など規模に応じて名前が付けられている。大陸氷河よりはるかに小規模だが,山地全体が帽子をかぶったように氷河に覆われている例もあり,氷帽氷河と呼ばれる。… ※「アラスカ型氷河」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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