These glacial deposits were of two kinds ... and deposited in areas of completely different rock type. Outwash plains are areas of sorted sand and gravel deposited at the mouth of meltwater ...

The starkly beautiful yet harsh landscape of Antarctica—with its towering mountains covered in untouched snow, glacial plains reaching across the horizon, rocky stretches of land under the glaring sun ...

Glacial lake inventory of Uttarakhand lists ... are exposed to an even greater degree of risk than most Indians, on the plains below. At such high altitudes and steep inclines, the valleys have ...