Inventory of glaciers in the North Cascades, Washington
Post A, Richardson D, Tangborn WV, Rosselot FL. 1971. Inventory of glaciers in the North Cascades, Washington. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Professional Paper. 705-A. United States Geological Survey. Washington, D.D.
Maps, photographs classifications, and descriptions of glaciers in the North Cascades. Includes location, drainage basin, area, lenght, orientation, alittude and classification (by form, source, surface, nature of terminus, and activity). Perennial bodies of ice in the North Cascades having areas of at least 0.1 km2 (square i kilometer) are tabulated and classified. The inventory, a contribution to the International Hydrological Decade, includes 756 glaciers, covering 267 km2 , about half of the glacier area in the United States south of Alaska. Listings include each glacier's location, drainage basin, area, length, orientation, altitude, and classification as to form, source, surface, nature of terminus, and activity. These glaciers contribute annually about 800 million cubic meters of water to streamflow in the State of Washington.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Post, Austin; Richardson, Don; Tangborn, Wendell; Rosselot, F
- Date of Issue
- 1971
- Publisher
- United States Geological Survey
- Units
- HIST , NOCA
- Keywords
- Classification, ehistory, Glaciers, History, Inventory, Map, North Cascades, Photographs, Physical Sciences, WA