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Rocky Mountain National Park 1: Glacial Features,etc.

Climate Change Workshop 2004 in Colorado (NCAR)




#731Alluvian Fan 
damaged by the
1982 floods.

#762 Some damaged trees 
are still left from
the 1982 flood.

#104 Gigantic boulders
were carried long
distances by the raging flood.

#103 An optimistic
fisherman tries his
luck in the shallow
creek.

Lateral Moraine
#11

774

811

812

826

821

824 ? Three Mountain
Mummy Range?

#827  Lots of meandering 
streams and lakes.

#850 Bowl-shaped
Cirques

#840 Lots of lakes
dammed by 
glacial tills.

#843 The tree limit is
evident here at
about 11,000ft.
depending on exposure.
Alpine Flowers #1
Tundra adaptations of
perennial plants 

Alpine Flowers #2
- low and small to 
withstand the harsh wind.

Alpine Flowers #3


#821 Alpine Flowers
Lichens & mosses 
grow together here.

#825 Alpine Flowers
adapting to windy climate


#826 Tiny delicate Alpine Flowers
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