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Glaciers of Europe

This group collects the Glaciers and Ice Formations subcategory's members located in Europe, including glaciers and related ice features of the Alps across Switzerland, Austria, France and Italy, the Scandinavian glaciers of Norway and Sweden, glaciers of the Caucasus in Georgia and neighboring states, and smaller glaciated ranges such as the Pyrenees and the mountains of Montenegro and Slovenia. Most of these are retreating temperate mountain glaciers rather than the polar ice sheets and shelves grouped separately under Antarctica, reflecting the geomorphological distinction between alpine and polar glaciation this atlas otherwise treats as one landform class.

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1. Europe (Wikipedia)
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Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
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