Glacier foreland

As the glacier foreland is defined as the area between the current edge of the glacier and the moraines that mark the last peak. The time of the last glacial maximum level is located in the Alps in 1850 and the area has since become ice-free by Abschmelzungs and related withdrawal operations. Due to this relatively new development of the vegetation, the fauna and the morphodynamics the glacier foreland is clearly distinguishable from the surrounding countryside.

Glacier forelands offer the opportunity to observe the emergence of an ecosystem of the first settlement at. Not least because such areas are often put under protection.