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The Gorner Glacier ((ドイツ語:Gornergletscher)) is a valley glacier found on the west side of the Monte Rosa Massif close to Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is about long and wide. The entire glacial area of the glacier related to Gorner Glacier is (1999), which makes it the second largest glacial system in the Alps after the Aletsch Glacier system. Numerous smaller glaciers connect with the Gorner Glacier. Its tribunaries are (clockwise on this map ()): Gornergletscher (after which the whole system is named), ''Grenzgletscher'', ''Zwillingsgletscher'', ''Schwärzegletscher'', ''Breithorngletscher'' and ''Theodulgletscher'' (although this one is actually disconnected now); also ''Monte Rosa Glacier'' used to be connected. The main tributary is the Grenzgletscher. An interesting feature of this glacier is the ''Gornersee'', an ice marginal lake at the confluence area of the Gorner- and Grenzgletscher. This lake fills every year and drains in summer, usually as a Glacial lake outburst flood. This is one of few glacial lakes in the Alps exhibiting this kind of behaviour. There are also several interesting surface features including crevasses and table top forms where large surface boulders have been left stranded above the glaciers surface. Supported by ice that the boulder has sheltered from melting that has effected the more exposed surrounding ice. It is the source of the Gornera River which flows down through Zermatt itself. However, most of its water gets captured by a water catchment station of the Grande Dixence hydroelectric power company. This water then ends up in the Lac des Dix, the main reservoir of Grande Dixence. The glacier as well as the surrounding mountains can be seen from the Gornergrat (), connected from Zermatt by a railway line. ==See also== *List of glaciers in Switzerland 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gorner Glacier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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