Mount Rainier has three glaciers.
Mount Rainier is composed mainly of andesite lava flows, lahars (mudflows), and volcanic ash. The mountain is also covered by glaciers which contribute to its iconic snow-capped appearance.
If mountain glaciers disappear there will be no source for many mountain streams, which will then dry up. Many rivers will be reduced in size as a result.
A volcanic mountain.
No.
No. Ice sheets are the largest kind of glacier, many times larger than mountain glaciers.
No. Ice sheets are the largest kind of glacier, many times larger than mountain glaciers.
mount rainier
The small glaciers that exist in high mountainous areas were called mountain glaciers or cirque glaciers.
mountain glaciers
Mount Rainier is the volcano that formed the mountain. They are one in the same.
here in dc theres some snow but not as much as nyc area or Boston area. it really sucks that here its rain but then i hear theres been a foot of snow in nyc and Boston. But generally 10-20inches a year
the moutains glaciers are melting.