mountain glacier in a sentence
Examples
- From the Andes to the Alps, mountain glaciers are retreating.
- The Yangtze River is derived from the mountain glacier.
- Mountain glaciers, he noted, are a key water source in some regions, particularly in summer.
- Mountain glaciers in otherwise unglaciated areas extend to lower elevations due to a lower snow line.
- Antarctic mountain glaciers contribute 28 % of this.
- The drainage of supraglacial lakes on mountain glaciers can disrupt the internal plumbing structure of the glacier.
- Glaciologists have documented large-scale shrinkage of mountain glaciers throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
- However, geomorphological evidence in the form of moraines and cirques indicates the former presence of mountain glaciers.
- Mountain glaciers have receded in many areas.
- Increasing temperatures cause mountain glaciers to melt.