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covered with snow. The glacier upper boundary, where it emerges from under a snow field, is ill-defined because of gradual transition.
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This article is about accumulations of permanent snow and ice. For the UK indie rock band, see
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in summer. In the upper end and above the upper boundary of a glacier, the snow field is an
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originate in snowfields. The lower end of a glacier is usually free from snow and
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Permanent accumulation of snow and ice, usually in mountains or glaciers
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Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1904) "Geology",
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ice field

tarns
Mount Rainier
snow
ice
snow line
mountainous
glacial
Glaciers
névé
ice field
"Snowfield and neve"
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10.1036/1097-8542.630200
p. 258
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geography terminology
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expanding it
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