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Arête and Glacier

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Arête and Glacier

Arête vs. Glacier

Clouds Rest in Yosemite National Park is an arête. An arête is a narrow ridge of rock which separates two valleys. A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight; it forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation (melting and sublimation) over many years, often centuries.

Similarities between Arête and Glacier

Arête and Glacier have 8 things in common (in Unionpedia): Alps, Cirque, French language, Glacial landform, Ice, Island, Pyramidal peak, U-shaped valley.

Alps

The Alps (Alpes; Alpen; Alpi; Alps; Alpe) are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe,The Caucasus Mountains are higher, and the Urals longer, but both lie partly in Asia.

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Cirque

Two cirques with semi-permanent snowpatches near Abisko National Park, Sweden A cirque (French, from the Latin word circus) is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion.

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Glacial landform

Glacial landforms are landforms created by the action of glaciers.

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Ice

Ice is water frozen into a solid state.

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Island

An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water.

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Pyramidal peak

A pyramidal peak, sometimes called a glacial horn in extreme cases, is an angular, sharply pointed mountain peak which results from the cirque erosion due to multiple glaciers diverging from a central point.

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U-shaped valley

U-shaped valleys, trough valleys or glacial troughs, are formed by the process of glaciation.

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Arête and Glacier Comparison

Arête has 38 relations, while Glacier has 195. As they have in common 8, the Jaccard index is 3.43% = 8 / (38 + 195).

References

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