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abiotic

Geography; Geography

A descriptive term meaning 'without life', commonly used to describe some components of an ecosystem. Examples of abiotic factors include climate, geology and mineral matter in soils.

ablation

Geography; Geography

The process by which ice and snow are lost from a glacier. It includes: (i) surface, internal and basal melting (of which the first is by far the most important); (ii) sublimation, which is the ...

That part of a glacier or ice sheet lying below the equilibrium line, where the ice surface is lowered by melting during the summer. The amount of ablation increases downglacier from the firn line ...

Mattehorn

Geography; Geography

Mountain in the Alps on the border of Switzerland and Italy, one of the most beautiful and impressive peaks of the world, ranked sixth in the grim statistic climbs. This is caused by a variety of ...

Vinson

Geography; Geography

Is the highest mountain of Antarctica. This mountain is the highest point of Vinson Massif 4,892 meters (16,050 ft).Mount was named in 2006 after Carl Vinson. Because of placement any mistake during ...

Annapurna

Geography; Geography

A section of the Himalayas in north-central Nepal. Top peak of the mountain is 8,091 m (26,545 ft). It is the most dangerous mountain for climb: 130 successful ascents have 53 dead climber.

K9

Geography; Geography

This mountain is blamed for the death of each the fourth climber who decided to conquer it. Top peak of the mountain is 8,611 m (28,251 ft). Percent of death since 1990 year reached 17% .