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Mendenhall Glacier — noun a glacier of the Piedmont type near Juneau in Alaska • Syn: ↑Great Mendenhall Glacier • Instance Hypernyms: ↑Piedmont glacier, ↑Piedmont type of glacier • Part Holonyms: ↑Alaska, ↑Last Frontier, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
glacier — glaciered, adj. /glay sheuhr/, n. an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of… … Universalium
Piedmont glacier — noun a type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska; large valley glaciers meet to form an almost stagnant sheet of ice • Syn: ↑Piedmont type of glacier • Hypernyms: ↑glacier • Instance Hyponyms: ↑Mendenhall Glacier, ↑Great Mendenhall Glacier * *… … Useful english dictionary
Piedmont type of glacier — noun a type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska; large valley glaciers meet to form an almost stagnant sheet of ice • Syn: ↑Piedmont glacier • Hypernyms: ↑glacier • Instance Hyponyms: ↑Mendenhall Glacier, ↑Great Mendenhall Glacier … Useful english dictionary
Last Frontier — noun a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union Alaska is the largest state in the United States • Syn: ↑Alaska, ↑AK • Derivationally related forms: ↑Alaskan (for: ↑Alaska) … Useful english dictionary
Gates of the Arctic National Park — noun a large national park in Alaska featuring the Great Mendenhall Glacier • Instance Hypernyms: ↑national park • Part Holonyms: ↑Alaska, ↑Last Frontier, ↑AK … Useful english dictionary
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Retreat of glaciers since 1850 — The retreat of glaciers since 1850, worldwide and rapid, affects the availability of fresh water for irrigation and domestic use, mountain recreation, animals and plants that depend on glacier melt, and in the longer term, the level of the oceans … Wikipedia
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Ukichiro Nakaya — Infobox Scientist name = Ukichiro Nakaya image width = caption = birth date = July 41900 birth place = Kaga, Ishikawa death date = April 111962 death place = ethnicity = Japanese field = Physics work institutions = alma mater = University of… … Wikipedia
