Southern Icefield
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Southern Icefield is one of the principal glacier fields on Mount Kilimanjaro, forming part of the mountain’s rapidly shrinking ice cap near its summit.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Southern Icefield canonical | 5 |
| Southern Ice Field | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacier field
ⓘ
icefield ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
climate change
ⓘ
decreased snowfall ⓘ rising air temperatures ⓘ |
| composedOf | ice ⓘ |
| elevationCategory | high-altitude glacier field ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
rapidly shrinking
ⓘ
tropical glacier ⓘ |
| hasClimateTypeAround | alpine desert ⓘ |
| hasImportance |
component of Kilimanjaro summit landscape
ⓘ
indicator of regional climate change ⓘ |
| hasResearchUse |
glaciological studies
ⓘ
paleoclimate reconstruction ⓘ |
| hasTemporalTrend |
shrinking area over recent decades
ⓘ
thinning ice thickness ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kilimanjaro ice fields
ⓘ
surface form:
Kilimanjaro summit area
Tanzania ⓘ |
| locatedInHemisphere | Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange | Eastern Rift Mountains ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | East Africa ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Kibo summit crater
ⓘ
surface form:
Kibo cone
Mount Kilimanjaro ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kilimanjaro ice fields
ⓘ
surface form:
Kilimanjaro glaciers
Kilimanjaro ice fields ⓘ
surface form:
Kilimanjaro ice cap
equatorial high-altitude glaciers ⓘ |
| positionRelativeToSummit | near summit ⓘ |
| undergoesProcess |
glacial retreat
ⓘ
surface ablation ⓘ |
| visibleFrom | Kilimanjaro summit routes ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Southern Ice Field