Gries Glacier
| Gries Glacier | ||
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 Gries Glacier from the northeast, from the Nufenen Pass |
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| location | Canton of Valais , Switzerland | |
| Mountains | Gotthard massif , Lepontine Alps | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 5.1 km (2011) | |
| surface | 4.97 km² (2007) | |
| Exposure | Nutrient area northwest, consumption area west | |
| Altitude range | 3307 m above sea level M. - 2415 m above sea level M. (2009) | |
| Tilt | ⌀ 11 ° (19%) | |
| Ice volume | 0.34 ± 0.11 km³ (2007) | |
| Coordinates | 668 128 / 142457 | |
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| drainage | Griessee , Griesbach, Ägene , Rhone | |
The Gries Glacier is a valley glacier south of the uppermost Rhone Valley in the east of the canton of Valais , in Switzerland . It has a length of about 5 km and covers an area of about 5 km².
The Gries Glacier starts on the eastern flank of the Blinnenhorn at around 3300 m . It flows to the northeast, flanked in the north by Merezenbachschijen ( 3182 m above sea level ), Ritzhorn ( 3047 m above sea level ) and Fülhorn (2864 m above sea level). The southern boundary is formed by the Rothorn ( 3289 m above sea level ) and the Bättelmatthorn ( 3044 m above sea level ), over which the border between Italy and Switzerland runs. The glacier ends above the Griessee . Up until the year 2001 the glacier reached down to the Griessee, which was dammed up at around 2400 m . Drain the Gries glacier is the Griesbach, who after about one kilometer stretch of flow right into Ägene flows. The Ägene itself flows in the Goms near Ulrichen in the Rotten (Rhône).
During the Little Ice Age from the 16th to the 19th century, the Gries Glacier was much larger in volume than it is today. During this time it also overlapped the 2479 m high Griespass and reached with a short tongue southwards into the Italian Valle del Gries.
Web links
- Griesgletscher on the ETHorama platform
- Map section at map.geo.admin.ch
- Griesgletscher on Glaciers online
- Interactive before and after comparison pictures of the Gries Glacier
Individual evidence
- ^ Research institute for hydraulic engineering, hydrology and glaciology (VAW) of the ETH Zurich (ed.): Griesgletscher. In: Swiss Glacier Measurement Network. ( ethz.ch , also as PDF , accessed on January 19, 2014).
- ↑ a b Daniel Farinotti, Matthias Huss, Andreas Bauder, Martin Funk: An estimate of the glacier ice volume in the Swiss Alps. In: Global and Planetary Change. 68: 225-231, 2009 ( online ; PDF; 756 kB).
- ^ WGMS: Fluctuations of Glaciers Database. World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich 2013 ( doi: 10.5904 / wgms-fog-2013-11 ), accessed on December 11, 2013
- ^ Research institute for hydraulic engineering, hydrology and glaciology (VAW) of the ETH Zurich : Griesgletscher. In: Glacier Natural Hazards. ( ethz.ch ( page no longer available ), also as a PDF ( page no longer available )).