Ritacuba Blanco Glacier

E684969

mountain glacier tropical glacier

Ritacuba Blanco Glacier is a prominent tropical mountain glacier in the Colombian Andes, known for its high elevation and rapid retreat due to climate change.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Cocuy Glacier system	1
Ritacuba Blanco Glacier canonical	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain glacier ⓘ tropical glacier ⓘ
belongsToCategory	glaciers of Colombia ⓘ tropical glaciers of the Andes ⓘ
climateIndicator	indicator of regional climate change ⓘ
climateZone	tropical ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Colombia ⓘ
elevationCategory	high-altitude glacier ⓘ
environmentalIssue	glacier retreat ⓘ global warming impact ⓘ
geologicalContext	Northern Andes NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	crevasses ⓘ perennial ice ⓘ snow and firn cover ⓘ
hasImpactOn	downstream ecosystems ⓘ local water resources ⓘ
hasStatus	endangered tropical glacier ⓘ retreating glacier ⓘ
hydrologicalRole	headwaters for local rivers ⓘ
knownFor	high elevation ⓘ rapid retreat ⓘ sensitivity to climate change ⓘ
locatedIn	Colombian Andes NERFINISHED ⓘ Cordillera Oriental NERFINISHED ⓘ Ritacuba Blanco NERFINISHED ⓘ Sierra Nevada del Cocuy NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea	Sierra Nevada del Cocuy National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
monitoredFor	mass balance changes ⓘ retreat rate ⓘ surface area loss ⓘ
near	border of Boyacá and Arauca departments ⓘ
partOf	Sierra Nevada del Cocuy National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Boyacá Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
researchSubject	climate change studies ⓘ tropical glaciology ⓘ
threatenedBy	climate change ⓘ reduced snowfall ⓘ rising temperatures ⓘ
tourismActivity	glacier observation ⓘ high-altitude trekking ⓘ mountaineering ⓘ
typeOfSnowAndIceFeature	valley glacier ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Sierra Nevada del Cocuy → hasGlacier → Ritacuba Blanco Glacier ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cocuy Glacier system