Editing Mount Baker (section)

===Glaciers and hydrology===
[[File:Map baker glaciers.gif|thumb|right|A map of the glaciers on Mount Baker]]
Eleven named glaciers descend from Mount Baker. Two additional glaciers ([[Hadley Glacier]] and [[Sholes Glacier]]) descend from lower slopes detached from the main glacial mass.   The [[Coleman Glacier (Washington)|Coleman Glacier]] is the largest; it has a surface area of {{convert|1285|acre|km2|1|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Post"/>  The other large glaciers—which have areas greater than {{convert|625|acre|km2|1|abbr=on}}—are [[Roosevelt Glacier]], [[Mazama Glacier (Mount Baker)|Mazama Glacier]], [[Park Glacier]], [[Boulder Glacier (Washington)|Boulder Glacier]], [[Easton Glacier]], and [[Deming Glacier (Washington)|Deming Glacier]].<ref name="Post">{{cite journal |first1=A. |last1=Post |first2=D. |last2=Richardson |first3=W.V. |last3=Tangborn |first4=F.L. |last4=Rosselot |date=1971 |title=Inventory of glaciers in the North Cascades, Washington | journal=USGS Prof. Paper |volume=705-A |pages=A1–A26 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Topinka |first=Lyn |title=Mount Baker Glaciers and Glaciation |publisher=United States Geological Survey |date=2002-07-09 |url=http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Baker/description_baker.html |access-date=2008-05-09 }}</ref> All [[retreat of glaciers since 1850|retreated]] during the first half of the century, advanced from 1950 to 1975 and have been retreating with increasing rapidity since 1980.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fountain |first1=A.G. |last2=Jackson |first2=K. |last3=Basagic |first3=H.J. |last4=Sitts |first4=D. |date=2007 |title=A century of glacier change on Mount Baker, Washington |journal=Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs |volume=39 |issue=4 |page=67 |url=http://www.mbvrc.wwu.edu/abstracts/abstractText.php?id=35 |access-date=2009-03-31 |archive-date=2010-06-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620183301/http://mbvrc.wwu.edu/abstracts/abstractText.php?id=35 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="pelto">{{cite web |last=Pelto |first=Mauri S. |title=North Cascade Glacier Climate Project |url=http://www.nichols.edu/departments/glacier/ |access-date=2008-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530150004/http://www.nichols.edu/departments/glacier/ |archive-date=2013-05-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |first1=M. |last1=Pelto |first2=C. |last2=Hedlund |date=2001 |title=Terminus behavior and response time of North Cascade glaciers, Washington, U.S.A |journal=Journal of Glaciology |volume=47 |issue=158 |pages=496–506 |doi=10.3189/172756501781832098 |bibcode=2001JGlac..47..497P |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Beckey |first=Fred |author-link=Fred Beckey |title=Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes: Rainy Pass to Fraser River |publisher=[[The Mountaineers (Pacific NW)|Mountaineers Books]] |edition=2nd |date=1995 |isbn=0-89886-423-2 |oclc=14692076 }}</ref>

Mount Baker is drained on the north by streams that flow into the [[Nooksack River#North Fork|North Fork Nooksack River]], on the west by the [[Nooksack River#Middle Fork|Middle Fork Nooksack River]], and on the southeast and east by tributaries of the Baker River.<ref name="Hyde">{{cite journal |first1=Jack H. |last1=Hyde |first2=Dwight Raymond |last2=Crandell |date=1978 |title=PostGlacial Volcanic Deposits at Mount Baker, Washington, and Potential Hazards from Future Eruptions |url=https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1022C |journal=USGS Prof. Paper |volume=1022-C |page=C1 |bibcode=1978usgs.rept....8H }}</ref> [[Lake Shannon]] and [[Baker Lake (Washington)|Baker Lake]] are the largest nearby bodies of water, formed by two dams on the Baker River.