The Gorodetsky Glacier is a rock glacier on the northern slope of the Zailiysky Alatau range. The glacier consists of left and right branches. The glacier was visited by dendrologist and archaeologist Vladimir Dmitrievich Gorodetsky (1878–1943) for the first time in 1916. The glacier was named in honor of Gorodetsky 20 years later. In Soviet times , prominent glacier scientists worked on the glacier, including academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR Nikolai Nikitich Palgov (1889–1970).
6-440: The left branch of the glacier begins with the steep slopes of the axial ridge , the tops of which rise to a height of 4000 m. The ice volume of the glacier in this branch is 0.14 km3. The line of the branch is located at an altitude of 3770 m. The length of the branch is 5.5 km and the area is 3.8 km2. Since 1982, this branch of the glacier has been retreating. The end of the left branch from 1938 to 1961 retreated by 320 m,
12-401: A glacier is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ridge A ridge is a long, narrow, elevated geomorphologic landform , structural feature , or a combination of both separated from the surrounding terrain by steep sides. The sides of a ridge slope away from a narrow top, the crest or ridgecrest , with the terrain dropping down on either side. The crest, if narrow,
18-514: A larger geomorphological and/or structural feature. Frequently, a ridge can be further subdivided into smaller geomorphic or structural elements. As in the case of landforms in general, there is a lack of any commonly agreed classification or typology of ridges. They can be defined and classified on the basis of a variety of factors including either genesis, morphology, composition, statistical analysis of remote sensing data, or some combinations of these factors. An example of ridge classification
24-445: Is also called a ridgeline . Limitations on the dimensions of a ridge are lacking. Its height above the surrounding terrain can vary from less than a meter to hundreds of meters. A ridge can be either depositional , erosional , tectonic , or a combination of these in origin and can consist of either bedrock , loose sediment , lava , or ice depending on its origin. A ridge can occur as either an isolated, independent feature or part of
30-661: Is that of Schoeneberger and Wysocki, which provides a relatively simple and straightforward system that is used by the USA National Cooperative Soil Survey Program to classify ridges and other landforms. This system uses the dominant geomorphic process or setting to classify different groups of landforms into two major groups, Geomorphic Environments and Other Groupings with a total of 16 subgroups. The groups and their subgroups are not mutually exclusive; landforms, including ridges, can belong to multiple subgroups. In this classification, ridges are found in
36-552: The right from 1923 to 1960 by 173 m. The right branch is located in the western direction. It starts from the crest of a side spur that separates the Bolshaya Almatinka river basin from the Talgar river basin. The branch ends at an altitude of 3650 m. The ice volume of the right branch is 0.10 km3. 42°59′3″N 77°3′31″E / 42.98417°N 77.05861°E / 42.98417; 77.05861 This article about
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