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Mount Rainier carries 28 major glaciers. Together with its smaller snow and ice patches, they cover about 30 square miles and feed five major river systems.
ILLUSTRATION · AIMount Rainier has 28 major glaciers, which with smaller snow and ice patches cover about 30 square miles.
There are 28 major glaciers on Mount Rainier and numerous unnamed snow or ice patches, covering about 30 square miles (78 square kilometers), the National Park Service says.
The glaciers are essential sources of water, supporting five major river systems, and important indicators of climatic change. The park's glaciers were delineated from 2021 aerial and satellite imagery to document changes over the last 125 years.
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