Ice mountain lateral Illustration and Icon

Illustration of a snow- and ice-covered alpine mountain viewed from a lateral perspective. The landform, a high-relief geological feature of the terrestrial crust, shows a prominent summit with ridges and faceted slopes shaded in blue to indicate perennial snow and ice. In geomorphology and glaciology, such alpine massifs accumulate snowpack that stores freshwater and influences orographic precipitation and seasonal runoff. Hierarchically, surface snow and ice overlie bedrock of the mountain slopes within the high-altitude alpine zone.