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Fountain Stream and a Retreating Glacier
January 25, 2012 | Ground Truth Trekking

“Fountain Stream is one of the largest rivers draining Malaspina Glacier. The changes in this river over the past 120 years provides an example of how glacial retreat can starve rivers of sediment and lead to erosion downstream, and an example of the complex changes that can result from climate change.”


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