Mount Adams Wilderness glacial system

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The Mount Adams Wilderness glacial system is the interconnected network of glaciers and perennial snowfields on Washington’s Mount Adams that shapes its high-altitude landscape and hydrology.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Mount Adams glacier network 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cryospheric feature
glacial system
climateZone maritime-influenced mountain climate
contributesTo late-summer streamflow in surrounding watersheds
elevationRange approximately 1,800 to over 3,700 meters above sea level
feeds Cispus River headwaters
Klickitat River headwaters
Lewis River headwaters
White Salmon River headwaters NERFINISHED
hasPart Adams Glacier NERFINISHED
Avalanche Glacier (Mount Adams) NERFINISHED
Gotchen Glacier NERFINISHED
Klickitat Glacier NERFINISHED
Lyman Glacier (Mount Adams) NERFINISHED
Mazama Glacier NERFINISHED
Pinnacle Glacier NERFINISHED
Rusk Glacier NERFINISHED
White Salmon Glacier NERFINISHED
Wilson Glacier (Mount Adams) NERFINISHED
perennial snowfields on Mount Adams
hasPrimaryComposition glacial ice
hasSecondaryComposition firn and perennial snow
influences high-altitude landscape of Mount Adams
hydrology of Mount Adams Wilderness
isAffectedBy regional climate change in the Pacific Northwest
isManagedWithin Gifford Pinchot National Forest NERFINISHED
isNorthOf Mount Hood glacial system
isProtectedBy Mount Adams Wilderness designation
isSouthOf Goat Rocks Wilderness high-snowfield areas
isSubjectOf glaciological studies of Mount Adams
locatedIn Mount Adams NERFINISHED
Mount Adams Wilderness NERFINISHED
Skamania County, Washington NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States

Washington
surface form: Washington (state)

Yakima County, Washington NERFINISHED
occupiesFlanksOf stratovolcano Mount Adams NERFINISHED
partOf Cascade Range NERFINISHED
Pacific Northwest cryosphere NERFINISHED
shapes cirques on Mount Adams
glacial valleys on Mount Adams
moraines on Mount Adams
outwash plains on Mount Adams

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Rusk Glacier partOf Mount Adams Wilderness glacial system
Swamp Creek Glacier partOf Mount Adams Wilderness glacial system
this entity surface form: Mount Adams glacier network