Temperature measurements have been made on 29 glaciers in China since 1959 The regional thermal features of glaciers are now revealed It is distinguished that there are three categories of temperature distribution in China, i e , cold, temperate and polythermal Temperate glaciers are located in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau The heat conduction in the surface layer and the heat transfer within a glacier can be quantitatively described Two dimension temperature distribution is gained for the G...