Summary Movie to illustrate the rise and fall of the marine lysocline . This is sometimes referred to as the marine snowline because it affects the dissolution of calcium carbonate with depth. In the movie, white indicates undissolved calcium carbonate. Licensing self GFDL cc by 3.0 ... more details
Mount Cheeseman is a club snowfield in New Zealand s South Island , near the town of Springfield, New Zealand Springfield , about an hour and a half from Christchurch . Situated in a south east facing basin, it features two T bar lifts and one learner tow. The runs cover an elevation range of 1570 1840 metres, with a distribution of 15 beginner slopes, 50 intermediate, and 35 advanced. Some of the slopes are groomed. There is accommodation for 68 people in the onsite Snowline Lodge, and for 38 in the nearby Forest Lodge. External links http mtcheeseman.com http www.chillout.co.nz images trailmap mtcheeseman large.jpg Trail map http www.snow.co.nz Areas 15.asp?skiArea 15 http www.chillout.co.nz mountains.asp?DocID 8 coord 43.157188 171.668996 region NZ display title Ski areas and resorts in New Zealand Club skifields Category Ski areas and resorts in New Zealand Category Canterbury Region CanterburyNZ geo stub ... more details
Debeli Namet is a small glacier below the mountain of ljeme 2455 metres in the Durmitor massif, Montenegro . This glacier exists well below the true snowline and is sustained by avalanching snow. Results of recent investigations on the Debeli Namet glacier have been published by a British scientist Hughes 2007 . The Debeli Namet glacier is not quite the southernmost glacier in Europe, as this status currently goes to the Calderone Glacier in Italy.Reference Hughes, P.D. 2007 Recent behaviour of the Debeli Namet glacier, Durmitor, Montenegro. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 32, 1593 1602. coord 43 06 54 N 19 04 03 E region ME type mountain display title Montenegro geo stub Category Glaciers of Montenegro ... more details
Orphan date September 2008 Cyclopean stairs form as a result of glacial erosion. The term refers to the longitudinal profile of a glaciated valley that has several consecutive hanging valley s. Formation There are a few different ways cyclopean stairs can form. One way they form is through plucking glaciation plucking . Different bedrock types may be more susceptible to plucking. If a highly Joint geology jointed layer of bedrock is on the surface, large portions of it will be picked up by the glacier and deposited later as a glacial erratic . The valley formed in this fashion may have a steep wall at its head caused by a change in the bedrock type. The stronger bedrock will remain in the form of a riser at the end of a hanging valley. Cyclopean stairs can also form at points where tributary glaciers feed into larger central glaciers. The tributary glacier causes the central glacier to thicken and downcut more rapidly. This may cause a very sudden drop in the valley floor at the points where the glaciers converged. They may also form at the head of a glacier. In an area where the snowline is rising, the cirque landform cirque in which the glacier forms my recede. A new cirque may form above the previous cirque and carve out a new step. As the snowline continues to rise, new cirques would continue to form the steps of the cyclopean stairs. References Surface Processes and Landforms , Don J. Easterbrook. Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1999. Category Glaciology Category Landforms ... more details
Rd at Sheep Creek Rd. It is served by the Snowline Joint Unified School District. ref http www.snowlineschools.com Snowline Joint Unified School District at www.snowlineschools.com ref Called ... to the increasing population. The Snowline Joint Unified School District serves Phelan as well as Wrightwood ... known as Sheriff Mel References reflist External links http www.snowlineschools.com Snowline Joint ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Let It Roll Type Album Artist Willard Grant Conspiracy Cover Let It Roll Willard Grant Conspiracy.jpg Released March 27, 2006 Recorded Ljubljana , Slovenia Genre Alternative country Alt Country Label Loose Music Producer Robert Fisher Reviews Mojo magazine Mojo Rating 4 5 Last album Regard The End br 2003 This album Let It Roll br 2006 Next album Let It Roll is the 7th full album by Alternative country alt country band Willard Grant Conspiracy . Musicians As with many of the band s albums it is a collaborative effort with Robert Fisher being joined on this occasion by members of The Walkabouts , Lambchop band Lambchop and Dream Syndicate . Track listing From a Distant Shore Let It Roll Dance With Me Skeleton Flying Low Breach Crush Mary of the Angels Ballad of a Thin Man Lady of the Snowline br All music written by Robert Fisher, except Flying Low by Robert Fisher and Steve Wynn songwriter Steve Wynn , and Ballad of a Thin Man by Bob Dylan . DEFAULTSORT Let It Roll Willard Grant Conspiracy Album Category 2006 albums Category Willard Grant Conspiracy albums ... more details
Annual loss of snow and ice through of ablation exceeds annual gain or accumulation of snow and ice in the ablation zone , zone of ablation , ablation area , or zone of wastage on a glacier . Processes of ablation include melting , evaporation , iceberg Ice calving calving , and Sublimation chemistry sublimation . Of these, melting is most important in most glaciers, but the others, especially iceberg calving, can be significant. Spatially, the zone of ablation lies below the snowline or firn line. The ablation zone often contains meltwater features such as supraglacial , englacial , and subglacial streams. The seasonally melting glacier deposits much sediment at its fringes in the ablation area. Ablation constitutes a key part of the glacier mass balance . This is the opposite of the zone of accumulation accumulation zone or accumulation area . See also Glaciers Accumulation zone Glacier mass balance External links http www.uwsp.edu geo faculty ritter images lithosphere glacial glacier zones.jpg Diagram with zone of ablation References Summerfield, M. A., 1991 Global Geomorphology Longman. Dolgoff, A., 1996 Physical Geology Heath Glaciology stub Category Glaciology de Ablation Meteorologie es Zona de ablaci n it Bacino di ablazione no Ablasjonsomr de ... more details
Infobox Book name The Year of Our War title orig translator image Image The Year of Our War.jpg 200px image caption 2005 paperback edition author Steph Swainston illustrator cover artist Emma Wallace country United Kingdom language English language English series The Castle books subject genre Fantasy novel publisher Victor Gollancz Ltd Gollancz release date April 2004 media type Print Hardcover pages 304 pp isbn 0 575 07005 6 oclc 59270718 preceded by followed by No Present Like Time The fantasy novel The Year of Our War 2004 is the first book by British author Steph Swainston . It is often given as an example of the New Weird literary genre. Plot summary The novel is set in the Fourlands, a country in danger of being overrun by large hostile Insects, and follows the exploits of Jant, also called the Messenger or Comet . As a half breed of two humanoid species Jant is the only person who can fly, which makes him an indispensable part of the Emperor s Circle of about 50 immortals, an elite group of mostly warriors who do not age but, despite the name, are capable of being killed . Swainston spins an intricate story which covers, among other things, the intrigues among mortals and immortals from the various humanoid races of the Fourlands, a full scale assault by the Insects previously held at bay behind an Insect wall , and Jant s exploits in the Shift , an alternate world which he enters as a side effect of his addiction to a lethal drug. So far, two sequels, No Present Like Time 2005 and The Modern World book The Modern World 2007 have been published. A fourth book, Above the Snowline , was published in 2010. ref http stephswainston.co.uk blog steph 2010 02 above the snowline ref Awards and nominations The book won the 2005 Crawford Award and the author was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer . Reviews and sources references http www.infinityplus.co.uk nonfiction yearofourwar2.htm Infinity Plus review http www.sffworld.com brevoff 175.html ... more details
cleanup date December 2009 Deleted image removed File Indrahar Peak in Sep 2009.jpg right thumb 250px Indrahar Peak in Sep 2009 Indrahar Pass is a mountain pass in the Dhauladhar range of the Himalayas . Located at N32 17.852 E76 22.872 and an altitude of 4342 metres 14245 above mean sea level, near the tourist town of Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh , Indrahar pass forms the border between Kangra, Himachal Pradesh Kangra and Chamba, Himachal Pradesh Chamba districts. It is part of a very popular trekking route from Dharamshala. It attracts substantial tourist traffic during the trekking season between April October. Indrahar Pass Trail The trekking trail to Indrahar pass starts from Galu temple near Dharamsala and passes through the popular camping ground of Triund, the Laka Got, and the Lahesh Cave. Popular camping stops are Triund at 2842 metres and Lahesh Caves at 3475 metres. br On the other side of the pass, the camping sites include Chhata caves at 3242 metres and Kuvarasi village in Chamba at 2260 metres. br The trek starts from McLeod Ganj and goes like this br McLeod Ganj main market 1750m to Upper Dharamkot 2100m 2 km 1 2 hour walk OR a 30 minute cab ride br Upper Dharamkot Gallu Devi, 2100m to Triund 2825m 3 4 hrs walk br Snack shops dot the route camping possible at Triund br Triund s main camping ground to Snowline Cafe 1 hour easy walk br can camp here too, if you want a head start next morning to Indrahar br Snowline Cafe to Ilaqua Got grazing grounds 1 hour easy walk br Ilaqua Got to Lahesh Cave 2 hours of gradual climb br camping possible inside Lahesh Cave NO going upwards to Indrahar Pass later than afternoon in any season br Lahesh Cave to Indrahar Pass 2 hours of very steep climb br cross over towards Chamba from Indrahar or come back to Cave or Triund the same day br References Reflist External links No footnotes date December 2009 http www.trekkinginindia.com trekking in himachal indrahar pass trek.html http wikimapia.org 9720400 In ... more details
Image Taku glacier firn ice sampling.png thumb right Sampling the surface of a glacier. There is increasingly denser firn between surface snow and blue glacier ice. Image Firn from South Cascade Glacier.jpg thumb right Firn from South Cascade Glacier, 80x magnified. File Firn field on the top of S uleck.jpg thumb right Firn field on the top of S uleck , Hohe Tauern Firn from German Firn with the same meaning, cognate with for is partially compacted n v , a type of snow that has been left over from past seasons and has been Recrystallization chemistry recrystallized into a substance denser than n v . It is ice that is at an intermediate stage between snow and glacial ice. Firn has the appearance of wet sugar, but has a hardness that makes it extremely resistant to shovelling. Its density generally ranges from 550 kg m 830 kg m and can be often found underneath the snow that accumulates at the head of a glacier . Snowflake s are compressed under the weight of the overlying snowpack . Individual crystal s near the melting point are semiliquid and slick, allowing them to glide along other crystal planes and to fill in the spaces between them, increasing the ice s density. Where the crystals touch they bond together, squeezing the air between them to the surface or into bubbles. In the summer months, the crystal metamorphosis can occur more rapidly because of water percolation between the crystals. By summer s end the result is firn. The minimum altitude that firn accumulates on a glacier is called the firn limit , firn line or snowline . References http vulcan.wr.usgs.gov Glossary Glaciers glacier terminology.html USGS Glossary of Selected Glacier and Related Terminology http www.physicalgeography.net fundamentals 10ae.html Fundamentals of Physical Geography Glaciology stub Category Glaciology Category Water ice Category Montane ecology Category German loanwords Category Alpinism cs Firn de Firn et Firn es Firn eo Firno eu Firn it Firn ka lv Firns lt Firna ... more details
taxobox image Pyrola minor 190605.jpg regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Asterids ordo Ericales familia Ericaceae genus Pyrola species P. minor binomial Pyrola minor binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus L. Pyrola minor , known by the common names snowline wintergreen , lesser wintergreen , and common wintergreen , is a plant species of the genus Pyrola . It has a Circumboreal Region Circumboreal distribution and can be found throughout the northern latitudes of Eurasia and North America. Commons Pyrola minor External links http ucjeps.berkeley.edu cgi bin get JM treatment.pl?3449,3595,3600 Jepson Manual Treatment http plants.usda.gov java profile?symbol PYMI USDA Plants Profile http biology.burke.washington.edu herbarium imagecollection.php?Genus Pyrola&Species minor Washington Burke Museum http calphotos.berkeley.edu cgi img query?query src photos index&where taxon Pyrola minor Photo gallery DEFAULTSORT Pyrola Minor Category Ericaceae Category Flora of the Northeastern United States Category Flora of the Western United States Category Flora of California Category Flora of the Sierra Nevada region U.S. Category San Bernardino Mountains Category Flora of Asia Category Flora of North America Ericaceae stub az Pyrola minor de Kleines Wintergr n et V ike uibuleht nl Klein wintergroen nn Perlevintergr n pl Gruszyczka mniejsza ru se Sm vvalie ga fi Pikkutalvikki sv Klotpyrola ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name The Dreams of Children Type Studio album Artist Shadowfax band Shadowfax Cover shtdoc.jpg Released February 1985 Recorded ??? Genre New Age music New Age Jazz music Jazz Length 36 45 Label Windham Hill Records Producer Chuck Greenberg musician Chuck Greenberg Reviews Allmusic Rating 3 5 Allmusic class album id r83593 pure url yes link Last album Shadowdance br 1983 This album The Dreams of Children br 1984 Next album Too Far to Whisper br 1986 The Dreams of Children is the fourth studio album by New Age music New Age group Shadowfax band Shadowfax , the second for Windham Hill Records . Track listing Another Country Chuck Greenberg musician Chuck Greenberg 4 20 Snowline Greenberg 4 30 The Big Song David Lewis musician David Lewis , G. E. Stinson 4 00 The Dreams of Children Greenberg 4 50 Word from the Village Stinson 4 40 Kindred Spirits Stinson 4 15 Shaman Song Phil Maggini 5 20 Above the Wailing Wall Stinson 4 50 Personnel G. E. Stinson 6 and 12 string guitar , effects vocal s Chuck Greenberg musician Chuck Greenberg Lyricon , tenor saxophone , soprano saxophone , stone flute Phil Maggini bass guitar bass Stuart Nevitt Drum kit drums , Percussion instrument percussion , boobam s Jamil Szmadzinski violin , baritone violin David Lewis musician David Lewis Yamaha DX7 , Memorymoog , Steinway & Sons Steinway grand piano Additional personnel Morris Dollison vocal on 5, guitar on 1 Michael Spiro b t drums on 1, crotales on 1 2, caxixi on 1, bell instrument bells on 2, chimes on 2 Hara Lambi A. vocal on 8 Adam Rudolph shekere on 5 7, talking drum s on 5, clay pots on 7, caxixi on 7, turtle shell on 7, frafra fra fra bell on 7 8, berimbau on 7, clay drums on 8, angklung on 8, Cowbell instrument cowbell s on 8, rattle percussion rattle s on 8 Charts Album class wikitable border 1 cellspacing 2 cellpadding 2 align left Year align left Chart align left Position align left 1984 align left The Billboard magazine Billboard 200 ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians Name Heligoland Img Img capt Img size Landscape Background group or band Alias Origin Melbourne, Victoria Genre Slowcore br Dreampop Years active 1999 present Label Alone Again. Records br Ocean Music br Commission 45 Associated acts URL http www.heligoland.org Current members Karen Vogt vocals br Steve Wheeler bass br Dave Olliffe guitar br Antti M kinen drums br Ash Brideson keyboards Past members Cameron Gellatly br Pete McKeown br Chris Wright br Bek Varcoe Notable instruments Heligoland are a five piece band from Melbourne , Australia . Heligoland s songs and sound have been compared to the atmospheric textures and soaring female vocals of the Cocteau Twins , the spartan soulfulness of Low band Low and the wistful melancholy of Mojave 3 . Citation needed date September 2007 Discography Albums bgcolor DDDDDD Title Format Label Release Shift These Thoughts CD Big Rig Records July 2003 bgcolor EFEFEF A Street Between Us CD Alone Again. Records March 2006 bgcolour FFFFFF All Your Ships Are White CD Commission 45 September 2010 Other Releases bgcolor DDDDDD Title Format Label Release Demo Promo CD Independent December 1999 bgcolor EFEFEF Heligoland CD EP Independent June 2000 Separate 7 Single Steady Cam Records November 2001 bgcolor EFEFEF Along The Snowline 7 Single Steady Cam Records May 2002 Coming Up For Air Promo CD Alone Again. Records September 2005 bgcolor EFEFEF Nearly Everything Is New CD Single Alone Again. Records October 2005 Other projects Several past and present members of Heligoland have been and are still involved in other musical projects Steve has played guitar in Tugboat band Tugboat and has played bass guitar in Dandelion Wine band Dandelion Wine Dave plays guitar in Tides band Tides Pete plays guitar in Marionettes band Marionettes Bek plays drums in Tugboat band Tugboat External links http www.heligoland.org Official Heligoland website http www.myspace.com h ... more details
. ref name snowline cite web url http www.snowlinenews.com The 20People 20of 20Sikkim .htm title The Ethnic People of Sikkim Their Lifestyles and Their Cultures author Bijaya Bantawa ed. work Snowline ... pangden if they are married. ref name snowline ref name IM cite web url http www.indianmirror.com ... in the Sikkimese society and culture even among the Nepalese of Sikkim. ref name snowline Historically ... more details
of the Hammerfell Skyrim border near the town of Snowline. It is the staging area for the military elements ... and Jagar Tharn Tharn do not like each other. Snowline A small town located dangerously close to the Hammerfell ... the population to join one of the two warring groups. Snowline becomes a hub for much of the mid game ... more details
Infobox LOTR place place name Caradhras place alias Redhorn, Barazinbar, Baraz, Caradhras the Cruel place description peak place built Morgoth , when the Misty Mountains were raised place realm The Misty Mountains Portal Middle earth In the fictional universe of J. R. R. Tolkien s Middle earth , Caradhras , also called the Redhorn the literal English language English translation of the Sindarin name , and known in the Khuzdul Dwarves language as Barazinbar , is one of the mightiest peaks in the Misty Mountains . It stands above the Redhorn Gate, the only known surface route through the Misty Mountains between Rivendell and the Gap of Rohan . Along with Celebdil and Fanuidhol , Caradhras is one of the three Mountains of Moria , beneath which the great Dwarf Middle earth Dwarf palace of Moria Middle earth Khazad d m was built. Below the snowline, Caradhras is described as having dull red slopes, as if stained with blood , which is perhaps the origin of its name. Caradhras is the northernmost of the three Mountains of Moria. The mithril mines, on which Khazad d m s wealth was founded, were gradually extended north under Caradhras. It was here that Durin s folk miners found Durin s Bane , the Balrog of Moria Middle earth Moria . Caradhras has for centuries had an evil reputation, earning the sobriquet the Cruel . Gimli Middle earth Gimli says that Caradhras bore that name before Sauron was known in the area, and dislikes both Elf Middle earth Elves and Dwarves. The Redhorn Gate originally linked the former Noldor in realm of Eregion in the west to the Minor places in Middle earth Dimrill Dale and hence the Vale of Anduin in the east. After Eregion was destroyed in the War of the Elves and Sauron , this pass was predominantly used by Elves travelling between Lothl rien L rien and Eriador . The Hobbit s used this pass on their migration to Eriador from the Gladden Fields . The Redhorn Gate is notoriously treacherous, being noted especially as the site of Elrond s wife Cel ... more details
Cleanup date September 2009 Refimprove date September 2009 Taxobox name White eared Pheasant status NT status system IUCN3.1 image WhiteEaredPheasant.jpg image width regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Galliformes familia Phasianidae subfamilia Phasianinae genus Crossoptilon species C. crossoptilon binomial Crossoptilon crossoptilon binomial authority Brian Houghton Hodgson Hodgson , 1838 The Genus Crosssoptilon comprises four distinct ecological species of Eared Pheasants , so named because of their prominent ear tufts. White Eared Pheasants so called not because they are white eared , but because they are white and eared are called Shagga by indigenous Himalayan peoples. Shagga means Snow Fowl. Shagga are very gregarious birds, living in large flocks which forage on alpine meadow close to or above the snowline throughout the year. White Eared pheasants tend to fly a great deal more than their close relatives the brown eared and blue eared pheasants. All three ecological species are obliged to hover or volplane over deep snow. They do this with the aid of their great wide tails. Eared pheasants move across deep snow by whirring their wings and fluttering close to the ground, and supporting their weight on their retrices, leave characteristic if somewhat other worldly appearing tracks. Eared pheasant flight is often described as poor by the hunter collectors of the 18th century who used dogs to beat the birds from the ground for shooting. Eared Pheasants do not waste their energy on flying when quadrupeds take after them because they have adapted many defensive escape behaviors that do not require flight. When one lives with Eared Pheasants in their natural environment or free ranging in snowy environments, one is surprised at their aptitude for sustained flight movements that only take them a few hundred yards at a time but in the snowy seasons this is significant nonetheless. This ability to cover large areas by flight is reminiscent o ... more details
DISPLAYTITLE Aa plant Taxobox name Aa image Aa species.jpg regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots ordo Asparagales familia Orchidaceae subfamilia Orchidoideae tribus Cranichideae subtribus Prescottiinae genus Aa genus authority Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach Rchb.f. , 1854 subdivision ranks Species subdivision See text Aa Rchb.f. 1854, is a genus of plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae . Species in this genus can be found growing Soil terrestrially in cold habitats near the snowline in the Andes and also in Costa Rica they are usually found close to small streams. The elongated inflorescence grows from a basal rosette of Leaf leaves , terminating in a small white resupination Orchidaceae non resupinate flower . This lip is fringed and hood shaped. The flower gives off a pungent smell that attracts Fly flies . This genus has often been included in the orchid genus Altensteinia . The first scientific description of a species of this genus was made in 1815 by Karl Sigismund Kunth , naming it first Ophrys paleacea small Kunth 1806 . small , and later Altensteinia paleacea . In 1854 Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach separated Aa from Altensteinia , to include two species Aa argyrolepis and Aa paleacea . The genus name apparently was rendered by the author to always appear first in alphabetical listings. Another disputed explanation, is that Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach named this genus after Pieter van der Aa the printer of the Dutch botanist Paul Herman s Paradisus Batavus . ref Cite web url http falco.elte.hu eoc ParadisusBatavus.htm title Paradisus batavus archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20020219095614 http falco.elte.hu eoc ParadisusBatavus.htm archivedate 2002 02 19 ref A few years later, Reichenbach reviewed the name of the genus and named it again Altensteinia . Finally in 1912 Rudolf Schlechter switched the name again to Aa , as more species were being discovered making the new name more significant. Species Aa achalensis Schltr. 19 ... more details
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