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Concept: Cirque and valley glaciers in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/H4.22
Preferred label Cirque and valley glaciers
Definition Glaciers constrained by topography, including cirque glaciers, valley glaciers, mountain glaciers, piedmont glaciers. They are characteristic, in particular, of the large mountain ranges of the Alpine system, occurring also in arctic regions, notably on Novaya Zemlya, in the subpolar and polar Urals, in the east Siberian mountains and, locally, in Iceland.
Notation H4.22
Status Valid
Status Modified 2014-01-31
Accepted Date 2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Has broader
Has exact match