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March 22, 2016

Kiwa Glacier Retreat, British Columbia 1986-2015

Kiwa Glacier retreat from 1986 to 2015 in Landsat images.  Red arrow is 1986 terminus and yellow arrow 2015 terminus location. Purple arrow indicates upglacier thinning where more bedrock is exposed.  Purple dots indicate the transient snowline Kiwa Glacier is the longest glacier, at 9 km, in the Cariboo Mountains of  British Columbia.  The glacier drains northwest from Mount Sir Wilfred Laurier and is near the headwaters of the Fraser …

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