Mount Shasta glacial system

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alpine glaciation area glacial system

The Mount Shasta glacial system is the collection of glaciers and perennial ice masses on Mount Shasta in northern California, forming one of the most extensive alpine glaciation areas in the Cascade Range.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Glaciers of Mount Shasta	1
Mount Shasta glacier system	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	alpine glaciation area ⓘ glacial system ⓘ
associatedWith	Mount Shasta volcanic edifice ⓘ
climateZone	high-elevation alpine climate ⓘ
composedOf	glaciers ⓘ perennial ice masses ⓘ perennial snowfields ⓘ
drainsTo	McCloud River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Sacramento River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevationRange	approximately 2700–4300 meters above sea level ⓘ
forms	crevassed ice surfaces ⓘ glacial meltwater channels ⓘ moraines ⓘ
hasGlacierType	cirque glacier ⓘ mountain glacier ⓘ valley glacier ⓘ
hasLargestGlacier	Whitney Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Bolam Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Chicago Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Hotlum Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Konwakiton Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Mud Creek Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Unnamed small glaciers and ice patches ⓘ Watkins Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitney Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Wintun Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasProminentGlacier	Bolam Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Hotlum Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Konwakiton Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Mud Creek Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Wintun Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStatus	retreating under recent warming trends ⓘ
influencedBy	Pacific Ocean climate patterns ⓘ winter snowpack accumulation ⓘ
isOneOf	most extensive alpine glaciation areas in the Cascade Range ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Cascade Range NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States northern California ⓘ
locatedOn	Mount Shasta NERFINISHED ⓘ
monitoredBy	climate scientists ⓘ glaciologists ⓘ
near	city of Mount Shasta, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Cascade Range glacial systems ⓘ
provides	meltwater for local streams ⓘ seasonal water resources for surrounding region ⓘ
subjectOf	climate change impact research ⓘ glaciological studies ⓘ
timeScale	Holocene glaciation features ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wintun Glacier → partOf → Mount Shasta glacial system ⓘ

Mud Creek Glacier → partOf → Mount Shasta glacial system ⓘ

Watkins Glacier → partOf → Mount Shasta glacial system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Shasta glacier system

Cascade Range glaciers → hasPart → Mount Shasta glacial system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glaciers of Mount Shasta