Mount Shasta glacial system

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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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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

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Subject: Mount Shasta glacial system
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (4)

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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