Mount Girouard

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Template:Infobox mountain

Mount Girouard is the highest peak of the Fairholme Range in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Mt. Girouard is located in the Bow River valley south of Lake Minnewanka.

The mountain was named in 1904 after Sir Édouard Girouard, a railway builder in Africa during the rule of the British Empire.[1][2]

Geology

Mount Girouard is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[3]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Girouard is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[4] Temperatures can drop below Script error: No such module "convert". with wind chill factors below Script error: No such module "convert".. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into the Bow River.

Gallery

See also

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. Cite error: Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".
  2. Cite error: Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".
  3. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. Template:Cite Köppen-Geiger cc 2007

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

External links

Script error: No such module "Navbox".