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Lekhziri Glacier

Glaciers and Ice Formations

Lekhziri Glacier is a valley glacier on the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus range in the Svaneti region of Georgia, about 11.5 kilometers long with a surface area of roughly 33.4 square kilometers. Its tongue descends to about 1,950 meters above sea level, and the glacier is made up of three branches, the North, East and West Lekhziri, fed by ice flows and avalanches from the surrounding mountains; below the point where the three branches meet, the glacier's surface becomes largely covered with morainal sediment and debris. 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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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.

Source Wikidata: Lekhziri Glacier
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Lekhziri Glacier (Georgian: ლეხზირი) is a valley glacier located on the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range in the Svaneti Region of Georgia.
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