Over many years, snow can compress into large, thick ice masses—glaciers. Glaciers move very slowly over time, carving out the landscape and creating new features. Glaciers have fall lines like rivers where the bed of the glacier narrows and descends rapidly, creating an icefall (like…
The Himalayas traverse India, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, and Pakistan. The Himalayas impact the climate of the surrounding regions, and the snow and ice of the mountains is a source of water for perennial rivers and tributaries. The Himalayas provide habitat for many globally threatened species…
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