Adishi Glacier is a valley glacier in the central Greater Caucasus Mountain Range, in the Svaneti region of Georgia, on the southern slopes of the Caucasus. It is 9 kilometers long with a surface area of 12.9 square kilometers, its tongue descending to 2,298 meters above sea level, and it is fed by runoff and ice from the adjacent glaciers of Tetnuldi, Gistola and Lakutsia. The glacier is the source of the river Adishchala and takes its name from the nearby village of Adishi. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Protected StatusInternational Treaty Protected Area 1 Connections
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Glaciation via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Glaciology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
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1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN: Protected areas at the coordinates of Adishi Glacier, World Database on Protected Areas
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"name_eng": "Svaneti 1", "desig_eng": "Emerald Network"
Adishi Glacier (Wikipedia)
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is a valley glacier located in the central part of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range in the Svaneti Region of Georgia.
Wikidata: Adishi Glacier
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