Fjord
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In physical geography, a fjord is a long, relatively narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs in a valley created by a former glacier, which has since become inundated with water. They are the glac
Geirangerfjord, Norway
A glacier in eastern Greenland flowing through a fjord carved by the movement of ice
Fjords often continue as U-shaped valleys above sea level and freshwater fjord lakes: Sørfjorden (Hardanger) can be seen here transitioning into Sandvinvatnet and the Odda Valley. Odda sits on the isthmus, Folgefonna on the right.
Muldalsfossen waterfall drops several hundred meters from the Muldalen hanging valley to Tafjorden.
Glacier
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A glacier is a persistent body of natural ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, ofte
Fjord
…fiord, a variant most common in New Zealand English) is a long, relatively narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs in a valley created by a former glacier, which has since become inundated with water. They are the glacial equivalent of drowned river valleys, known as rias. Fjords exist on the coasts of…
Glacier of the Geikie Plateau in Greenland
The Taschachferner in the Ötztal Alps in Austria. The mountain to the left is the Wildspitze (3,768 m), the second highest in Austria
The Baltoro Glacier in Pakistan. It is 62 kilometres (39 mi) long, the fifth longest alpine glacier in the world.
The Quelccaya Ice Cap in Peru is the second-largest glaciated area in the tropics