List_of_glaciers_in_Switzerland

List of glaciers in Switzerland

List of glaciers in Switzerland

Overview of glaciers in Switzerland

This is a non-exhaustive list of the major glaciers in Switzerland. It contains their surface area, their lengths since the start of measurement and the most current year, their height and their outflow. Most of them are retreating and many will vanish.[1]

All glaciers are located within the Swiss Alps. Most of them are situated in the Pennine and Bernese Alps. The Jungfrau-Aletsch protected area includes the largest glaciers of the Alps.

There are glaciers in the four major drainage basins of Switzerland. The Rhine and Rhône basins are located on the northern side of the Alps while the Po basin is located on the south side of the Alps. The Danube basin is located on the east side of the Alps. There are no glaciers in the Swiss portion of the Adige basin.

There are approximately 1,800 glaciers in the Swiss Alps.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Jonathan Amos (19 December 2008). "Swiss Glaciers 'in full retreat'". BBC News. San Francisco.
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    "Glaciers set to disappear from the Alps". SWI swissinfo.ch, a branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. December 8, 2006. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
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    "Welcome to the Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (GLAMOS)" (research site). Zürich, Fribourg, Bern: ETH Zurich, University of Fribourg, University of Zurich. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
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    "Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waterbodies". Wabern, BE, Switzerland: Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) – via map.geo.admin.ch swisstopo.
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