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Zinal Glacier

Glaciers and Ice Formations

The Zinal Glacier is a glacier in the Pennine Alps, in the Swiss canton of Valais, measured at about 7 kilometers long in 2005 and covering an area of 15.4 square kilometers in 1973. It gives rise to the river Navizence, which flows out from the glacier through a cave. 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.

Source Wikidata: Zinal Glacier

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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: Zinal Glacier
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