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The Aletsch Glacier is said to be the largest glacier in the Alps which covers more than 120 square kilometers in southern Switzerland. The glacier descends round the south of Jungu into the valley of the Upper Rhone. In the southern flank of the mountains, the Rhone River flows.

The Aletsch Glacier has a total width of approximately 1.5 kilometers and it moves at a rate of 180 meters per year to the southeast on course with the Rhone Valley. It borders the Dreieckhorn to the west and the great Wannenhorn in the east. The lowest part of the beautiful glacier is covered with accumulation of the lateral and medial moraines.

The toe of the Aletsch Glacier lies about 1,560 meters high which is far beneath the local tree lone. The glacier shows considerable ice cover. It has an ice cover of more than 900 meters at the side of Konkordiaplats.

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