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The river Rhone, between Rhone Glacier and Gletsch, Switzerland

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The Rhone Glacier


The Rhone Glacier near the Furka pass (2431 m above sea level), is the source of the river Rhone. A belvedere and a hotel, located 3 km west of the Furkapass, allow the tourists to watch the Rhone Glacier from close and even to walk inside the glacier through a small tunnel dug in the ice. The tunnel must be dug again every year, since the glacier is a mass in movement.

In 1900 the Glacier of the Rhone did reach down the rocks where the water of the river Rhone is now pouring down and sometimes it did reach quite down to Gletsch. During the colder phases of the current glacial age, the Rhone Glacier did reach quite until the east of Lyons in France, covering the whole Valais and the area of the lake of Geneva with a 2000 m thick ice coat.

The Rhone Glacier, the water of the river flowing out of the ice at the left of the photo
The Glacier of the Rhone, the water of the river coming out of the ice at the left of the photo.
Photographer: T. Demand
 
License: CCbysa


Close view of the water of the Rhone river runing out of the ice of the Rhone Glacier
Close view of the water of the Rhone river runing out of the ice of the Rhone Glacier.
Photographer: T. Demand
 
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The first few meters of the Rhone river after leaving the ice of the Rhone Glacier
The first few meters of the Rhone river after leaving the ice of the Rhone Glacier.
Photographer: T. Demand
 
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The Rhone Glacier at the top of the rocks, the river running down the rocks
The Rhone Glacier at the top of the rocks, the river running down the rocks which were completely covered by the Rhone Glacier one hundred years ago.
Photographer: T. Demand
 
License: CCbysa


The first 2 km of the river Rhone from the bottom of the rocks down to Gletsch where the Rhone Glacier did reach to, once
The first 2 km of the river Rhone from the bottom of the rocks down to Gletsch where the Rhone Glacier did reach to, once.
Photographer: T. Demand
 
License: CCbysa


The Hotel Belvedere, the Rhone Glacier is hidden behind the Hotel, the river Rhone running down the rocks can be seen on the left
The Hotel Belvedere, the Glacier of the Rhone is hidden behind the Hotel, the river Rhone running down the rocks can be seen on the left.
Photographer: T. Demand
 
License: CCbysa


The Hotel Belvedere on the road to the Furka pass, the Rhone Glacier is behind the photographer
The Hotel Belvedere on the road to the Furka pass, the Glacier of the Rhone is behind the photographer.
Photographer: T. Demand
 
License: CCbysa


The river Rhone at Gletsch where the Rhone Glacier did reach to, a century ago, the road on the left in the foregrond leads to the Furka pass, the steep road in the background leads to the Grimsel pass
The river Rhone at Gletsch where the Rhone Glacier did reach to, a century ago, the road on the left in the foregrond leads to the Furka pass, the steep road in the background leads to the Grimsel pass.
Photographer: T. Demand
 
License: CCbysa


Gletsch and the Rhone Glacier as it was in the years 1890-1900
Gletsch and the Rhone Glacier as it was in the years 1890-1900 seen from Gletsch.
Author: Photoglob Company Zurich
 


The Rhone Glacier as it was in the years 1890-1900
The Rhone Glacier as it was in the years 1890-1900 seen from the road to the Furka pass.
Author: Photoglob Company Zurich
 









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