Sentence examples for large glaciers from inspiring English sources

Studies to date have largely focussed on regions where large glaciers (tens of kilometres long) have been active.

The state is home to Glacier National Park, which had 150 large glaciers in 1850 and now has just 25, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Spawning several large glaciers, it is the largest subpolar ice field in North America.

Results indicate that small glaciers suffer from larger relative area losses than large glaciers.

Since the mid-20th century, however, large glaciers in the inner Tien Shan region have made short-term advances.

Calving is usually the most important process on large glaciers in polar regions and on some temperate glaciers as well.

Hofsjökull, English Hofs Glacier, large glacier in central Iceland that covers a circular area (384 square miles [994 square km]) nearly 25 miles (40 km) in diameter.

To the north of Zachariae Isstrom, the scientists studied a second large glacier called Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden.

There has been a lot of speculation that a very large glacier [Pine Island glacier] in Antarctica is unstable.

On a trip to Alaska, I heard about a national park visitor's center that was built to offer a picture-perfect view of a large glacier.

DeConto and Pollard also added another process that they say is currently playing out in Greenland, at a large glacier called Jakobshavn.