Nioghalvfjerdsbrae
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Nioghalvfjerdsbrae is a large glacier
located in northeast Greenland
. It drains an area of 103314 km² (39,889.8 sq mi) of the Greenland Ice Sheet
with a flux
(quantity of ice moved from the land to the sea) of 14.3 km³ (3.4 cu mi) per year, as measured for 1996.
The glacier is sometimes referred to as "79 N
Glacier" in English.
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
located in northeast Greenland
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
. It drains an area of 103314 km² (39,889.8 sq mi) of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Greenland ice sheet
The Greenland ice sheet is a vast body of ice covering , roughly 80% of the surface of Greenland. It is the second largest ice body in the world, after the Antarctic Ice Sheet. The ice sheet is almost long in a north-south direction, and its greatest width is at a latitude of 77°N, near its...
with a flux
Flux
In the various subfields of physics, there exist two common usages of the term flux, both with rigorous mathematical frameworks.* In the study of transport phenomena , flux is defined as flow per unit area, where flow is the movement of some quantity per time...
(quantity of ice moved from the land to the sea) of 14.3 km³ (3.4 cu mi) per year, as measured for 1996.
The glacier is sometimes referred to as "79 N
79th parallel north
The 79th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 79 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia, the Arctic Ocean and North America....
Glacier" in English.