This is a landscape composed of extensive glacial moraines. Rock glaciers are dozens to hundreds of metres long and wide, and the cross-sectional profile shows a raised form. They are formed by moraine transportation or by sliding of rocks on a slope due to freezing and thawing. The steeper the front slope is, the more active the rock glacier is (Fig. 18).
Rock glacier landscape in the northern Shaluli Mountains, western Sichuan
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(2020). Rock Glacier Landscape. In: Chen, A., Ng, Y., Zhang, E., Tian, M. (eds) Dictionary of Geotourism. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2538-0_2100
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