Rhône Glacier
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The Rhône Glacier is a major Alpine glacier in the Swiss Alps that historically fed the Rhône River and has become a prominent example of glacial retreat due to climate change.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Alpine glacier
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glacier → |
| area |
about 16 square kilometers (early 21st century)
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| climateChangeIndicator |
example of rapid glacial retreat
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| continent |
Europe
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| country |
Switzerland
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| countrySubdivision |
Valais, Switzerland
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| elevation |
about 2200–3600 metres above sea level
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| feeds |
Lake Geneva (historically via Rhône River headwaters)
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| glaciologicalMonitoring |
monitored by Swiss glaciological networks
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| hasBeenMappedSince |
19th century
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| hasConservationMeasure |
summer protective blankets on ice
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tourism management measures → |
| hasManMadeStructure |
ice grotto tunnel
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visitor facilities near Furka Pass road → |
| hasNearbyRailway |
Furka railway line
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| hasNearbyRoad |
Furka Pass road
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| hasNearbySettlement |
Gletsch
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| hasPhotoSubject |
Furka Pass road viewpoints
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| hasProglacialLake |
Rhône Glacier proglacial lake
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| hasRetreatedSince |
mid-19th century
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| hasScientificStudyField |
climate science
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glaciology → hydrology → |
| historicalImportance |
major historical source of the Rhône River
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| isTouristAttraction |
true
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| languageOfLocalToponymy |
French
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German → |
| length |
about 10 kilometers (around 1850)
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about 8 kilometers (early 21st century) → |
| localName |
Glacier du Rhône (French)
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Rhonegletscher (German) → |
| locatedIn |
Swiss Alps
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Urseren-Goms region → canton of Valais → |
| mountainRange |
Lepontine Alps
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| near |
Furka Pass
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Grimsel Pass → |
| notableFor |
tourist access to interior ice cave
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visible year-to-year retreat of glacier tongue → |
| partOf |
Rhône River headwaters region
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| retreatCause |
climate change
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global warming → |
| riverBasin |
Rhône basin
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| sourceOf |
Rhône River
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| terminus |
proglacial lake
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| terminusType |
lake-terminating glacier
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| touristAttractionType |
glacier grotto
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viewpoint → |
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Rhône Glacier
("Rhonegletscher (German)")
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Rhône Glacier ("Glacier du Rhône (French)") → |
localName |
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Rhône River
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sourceLocation |