Mont-Blanc glacial system

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cryospheric feature glacial system mountain glaciation complex

The Mont-Blanc glacial system is the extensive network of interconnected glaciers and icefields surrounding Mont Blanc in the Alps, forming one of Western Europe’s largest and most studied mountain glaciation complexes.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Mont Blanc massif glacial system 7
Mont-Blanc glacial system canonical 6
Mont Blanc glacial system 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cryospheric feature ⓘ
glacial system ⓘ
mountain glaciation complex ⓘ
causes glacial hazards such as icefalls and outburst floods ⓘ
country France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
drainsInto Arve River ⓘ
Dora di Veny ⓘ
surface form: Dora Baltea

Rhône river basin ⓘ
surface form: Rhône River basin
hasFeature cirque glaciers ⓘ
crevasse fields ⓘ
icefalls ⓘ
icefields ⓘ
seracs ⓘ
valley glaciers ⓘ
hasPart Glacier de Bionnassay ⓘ
Glacier de Leschaux ⓘ
Ghiacciaio del Miage ⓘ
surface form: Glacier de Miage

Glacier de Saleina ⓘ
Glacier de Talèfre ⓘ
Glacier de Trient ⓘ
Glacier de Tré-la-Tête ⓘ
Glacier de la Brenva ⓘ
Glacier de la Griaz ⓘ
Glacier de la Lex Blanche ⓘ
Glacier de la Tournette ⓘ
Glacier des Bossons ⓘ
Glacier du Dôme ⓘ
Glacier du Géant ⓘ
Glacier du Mont Dolent ⓘ
Glacier du Tacul ⓘ
Glacier du Tour ⓘ
Glacier d’Argentière ⓘ
Mer de Glace ⓘ
highestPoint Mont Blanc ⓘ
influencedBy Alpine climate ⓘ
North Atlantic Oscillation ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic atmospheric circulation
locatedIn Alps ⓘ
Mont Blanc massif ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
notableFor large glacierized area in Western Europe ⓘ
long-term glaciological monitoring ⓘ
rapid glacier retreat in the 20th and 21st centuries ⓘ
partOf Alps region ⓘ
surface form: European Alps cryosphere
researchField climate change studies ⓘ
glaciology ⓘ
threatenedBy global warming ⓘ
permafrost degradation ⓘ
usedFor alpine tourism ⓘ
hydropower resources ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Glacier des Bossons → belongsTo → Mont-Blanc glacial system ⓘ
Mer de Glace → partOf → Mont-Blanc glacial system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mont Blanc massif glacial system
Vallée Blanche ski route → partOf → Mont-Blanc glacial system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mont Blanc massif glacial system
Glacier de Bionnassay → partOf → Mont-Blanc glacial system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mont Blanc massif glacial system
Glacier de Taconnaz → partOf → Mont-Blanc glacial system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mont Blanc massif glacial system
Glacier de Leschaux → partOf → Mont-Blanc glacial system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mont Blanc glacial system
Glacier du Tour → isPartOf → Mont-Blanc glacial system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mont Blanc massif glacier system
Glacier de Tré-la-Tête → partOf → Mont-Blanc glacial system ⓘ
Glacier de Talèfre → partOf → Mont-Blanc glacial system ⓘ
Glacier du Dôme → partOf → Mont-Blanc glacial system ⓘ
Glacier du Dôme → feedsInto → Mont-Blanc glacial system ⓘ
Glacier du Tacul → partOf → Mont-Blanc glacial system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mont Blanc massif glacial system
Glacier de Saleina → partOf → Mont-Blanc glacial system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mont Blanc massif glacial system
Glacier de la Lex Blanche → contributesTo → Mont-Blanc glacial system ⓘ
Glacier du Mont Dolent → partOf → Mont-Blanc glacial system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mont Blanc massif glacial system