1 gram = 15.432 358 353 grain In thâ¦e US, in medicine, the use of grains is disappearing and seems to be somewhat approximate: A 60 mg dose may be described as 1 grain, but you should expect 1 grain to be about 65 mg, or 0.065 grams.
The two types of glaciers are Valley or Alpine glaciers Continental glaciers. The difference between them is where they flow. Valley glaciers flow in mountain valleys from high to low elevations. Continental glaciers or ice sheets flow over vast unconfined land areas.
Alpine Glacier-Most glaciers that form in a mountain are known as alpine glaciers. There are several subtypes of alpine glaciers: 1  Cirque: a cirque is a bowl shaped hollow at the head of a valley. 2  Within a cirque lies a snowfield, the place where snow accumulates to form a cirque glacier.3  Valley: any glacier that resides in an area eroded by stream action is called a valley glacier.here are three primary subtypes: 1  Ice Sheet: the largest of any glacier type, extending over 50,000 square kilometers. 2  The only places on earth that have these frozen monsters are Antarctica and Greenland. 3  Antarctica alone is home to 92% of all glacial ice worldwide.