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The Vorab Glacier (german: Vorabgletscher, rarely ''Vorabfiren'', Romansh: ''Glatscher dil Vorab'') is a 2 km long
Swiss glacier monitoring network
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The Vorab Glacier (german: Vorabgletscher, rarely ''Vorabfiren'', Romansh: ''Glatscher dil Vorab'') is a 2 km long glacier
A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its Ablation#Glaciology, ablation over many years, often Century, centuries. It acquires dis ...
(as of 2005) situated in the Glarus Alps in the cantons of Glarus and Graubünden. It lies on the east side of the Vorab, between 2,600 and 3,000 metres above sea level. In 1973 it had an area of 2.17 km2., and is receding today.
The glacier is part of the Flims-Laax
Laax ( rm, Lags) is a municipality in the Surselva Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
History
Laax is first mentioned c. 1290–98 as ''Lags''.
Geography
Laax has an area, , of . Of this area, 35.8% is used for agricultural purp ...
ski resort complex, and may be skied in the winter.
See also
*List of glaciers in Switzerland
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