The peak is one of the most heavily glaciated peaks in the Atacama Desert, although the glaciated area starts only at and the size of the glacier is small compared to the overall surface of the mountain.
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From its headwaters in a heavily glaciated area in British Columbia, south of the lower Iskut River, the Unuk flows west and south for, crossing into Alaska and emptying into Burroughs Bay, an inlet of Behm Canal.
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White Pond's undisturbed nature allowed scientists to take various core samples that could be studied for information on temperatures for non-glaciated areas during the Ice Age and of plant and animal life in the area during ancient times.
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In extreme cases, such as South Australia and the Sahel, rainfall could be diminished by up to 90 % from present, with florae diminished to almost the same degree as in glaciated areas of Europe and North America.
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Furthermore, the decrease of glaciated areas combined with a succession of winters with lower-than-expected precipitation may have a future impact on the rivers in the Alps as well as an effect on the water availability to the lowlands.
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In the glaciated areas of North America, for example, almost all native earthworms are thought to have been killed by the glaciers and the worms currently found in those areas are all introduced from other areas, primarily from Europe, and, more recently, from Asia.
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Once these factors brought a halt and a small reversal in the spread of ice sheets, the lower planetary albedo resulting from the fall in size of the glaciated areas would have been enough for warmer summers and winters and thus limit the depth of snowfields in areas from which the glaciers expanded.
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Six wetland types have been identified from HIMI covering approximately 1860 ha : coastal pool complex ( 237 ha ); inland pool complex ( 105 ha ); vegetated seeps mostly on recent glaciated areas ( 18 ha ); glacial lagoons ( 1103 ha ); non-glacial lagoons ( 97ha ); Elephant Spit ( 300 ha ) plus some coastal areas.
