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Glacier Trails Conference
The Glaicer Trails Conference is a high school athletic conference with its membership concentrated on the northern outskirts of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. Its first year of competition will be the 2025-26 school year, and the conference is affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. History The Glacier Trails Conference was formed in preparation for the 2025-26 school year, and consists of seven high schools. Three members ( Kettle Moraine Lutheran, Kewaskum and Plymouth) are leaving the soon-to-be defunct East Central Conference The East Central Conference is a high school athletic conference in Wisconsin. Originally founded in 1970, it was disbanded in 2001 and remained defunct until its reconstitution in 2015. It will be dissolved again after 2024-25 school year, and al ... to help form the new conference. The other four schools to enter the league came from the North Shore Conference (Port Washington High School (Wisconsin), Port Washington, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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A glacier (; or ) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its Ablation#Glaciology, ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires distinguishing features, such as crevasses and seracs, as it slowly flows and deforms under stresses induced by its weight. As it moves, it abrades rock and debris from its substrate to create landforms such as cirques, moraines, or fjords. Although a glacier may flow into a body of water, it forms only on land“Glacier, N., Pronunciation.” Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, Oxford UP, June 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/7553486115. Accessed 25 Jan. 2025. and is distinct from the much thinner sea ice and lake ice that form on the surface of bodies of water. On Earth, 99% of glacial ice is contained within vast ice sheets (also known as "continental glaciers") in the polar regions, but glaciers may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
