| 词条 | Grasshopper Glacier (Wyoming) |
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| name = Grasshopper Glacier (Wyoming) | photo = | photo_caption = | type = Mountain glacier | location = Fremont County, Wyoming, USA | map = USA Wyoming | label_position = right | map_size = 225 | coordinates = {{coord|43|14|12|N|109|39|55|W|region:US-WY|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref =[1] | area = | length = {{convert|1.3|mi|abbr=on}} | thickness = | terminus = outflow stream/proglacial lake | status = retreating }}Grasshopper Glacier is located in Shoshone National Forest, in the US state of Wyoming on the east of the Continental Divide in the Wind River Range.[2] Grasshopper Glacier is in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness, and is part of the largest grouping of glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains. The glacier flows north, and glacial runoff supplies water to Grasshopper Creek, flowing eventually into the Wind River. The glacier shares a glacial margin with Klondike Glacier, located to the south. The glacier is named for grasshoppers that have been found entombed in the ice.[3] Between September 6 and 10, 2003, a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) was recorded when the proglacial lake at the head of the glacier burst through a glacial dam, and water from the lake carved a trench down the center of the glacier for over a half-mile (.8 km). An estimated 650 million gallons of water were released in four days, raising the flow level of Dinwoody Creek from {{convert|200|ft3|km3|abbr=on}} per second to {{convert|900|ft3|km3|abbr=on}} per second, as recorded at a gauging station {{convert|17|mi|abbr=on}} downstream. Debris from the flood was deposited more than {{convert|20|mi|abbr=on}} downstream. The GLOF has been attributed to the rapid retreat of the glacier, which has been ongoing since the glacier was first accurately measured in the 1960s.[3] References1. ^{{cite gnis|id=1600044|name=Grasshopper Glacier|accessdate=2012-08-25}} 2. ^{{Cite map|publisher=TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps)|title=Gannett Peak, WY|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=43.24063&lon=-109.66126&datum=nad83&zoom=8&map=auto&coord=d&mode=zoomout&size=m|accessdate=2012-08-25}} 3. ^1 {{cite news|last=Thuermer|first=Angus|title=The day the Grasshopper burped|publisher=Jackson Hole News and Guide|year=2004|url=http://www.jhnews.com/Archives/Environmental/031105-enviro.html|accessdate=2012-08-25|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130103102412/http://www.jhnews.com/Archives/Environmental/031105-enviro.html|archivedate=January 3, 2013|df=mdy-all}} See also
5 : Glaciers of Fremont County, Wyoming|Natural history of Wyoming|Natural history of North America|Shoshone National Forest|Glaciers of Wyoming |
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