Glacial Stream
A stream runs over glacier-carved rocks at the Aletsch Glacier.
- Image ID 53179936
- Production Year 2020
- Length 00:00:15
- Production Company Summit Fever Media
- Resolution
- FormatMP4
Synopsis
The Aletsch glacier, located in the Swiss Alps, is the largest glacier in the Alps, spanning over 23 kilometers in length. The glacier serves as a vast water reserve which is important for hydroelectric power generation and irrigation. Melt-water from the glacier forms the Massa River which is a tributary of the Rhone River. Like most glaciers in the world today it is retreating and it is estimated that by 2100 the glacier will have only one tenth of its 2018 ice mass.
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Summit Fever Media