Look up: glacier

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   Glacier
   In geography, a glacier is a massive crystalline block of ice or snow. They are found in regions of perpetual snow.
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   Glacier
   Glacier is a national park in north west Montana comprised of mountains, lakes and glaciers. Glacier is a township in Stutsman County North Dakota, USA
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   glacier
   A mass of land ice that is formed by the cumulative recrystallization of firn. A glacier flows slowly (at present or in the past) from an accumulation area to an ablation area. Some well-known glaciers are: the Zermatt, Stechelberg, Grindelwald, Trient, Les Diablerets, and Rhone in Switzerland; the Nigards, Gaupne, Fanarak, Lom, and Bover in Norway; the Wright, Taylor, and Wilson Piedmont glaciers in Antarctica; the Bossons Glacier in France; the Emmons and Nisqually glaciers on Mt. Ranier, Wash...
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   glacier
   [n] - a slowly moving mass of ice
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   glacier
   A slow moving mass of ice.
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   glacier
   a vast mass of perpetual ice on land produced by the long-term compaction and crystallisation of snow, with evidence of very slow movement throughout its history; a major cause of avalanches Category: Management in the public and private sector • a mass of snow and ice continuously moving from higher to lower ground or, if afloat, continuously spreading. The principal forms of glacier ...
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   Glacier
   Gla'cier noun [ French glacier , from glace ice, Latin glacies .] An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over an extended area, as in Greenland. » The mass of compacted snow forming the upper part of a glacier is called the firn , or névé ; the glacier pr ...
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   glacier
   An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over an extended area, as in Greenland. ... The mass of compacted snow forming the upper part of a glacier is called the firn, or neve; the glacier proper consist of solid ice, deeply crevassed where broken ...
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   Glacier
   A `glacier` is a large, slow moving river of ice, formed from compacted layers of snow, that slowly deforms and flows in response to gravity. Glacier ice is the largest reservoir of fresh water on Earth, and second only to oceans as the largest reservoir of total water. Glaciers cover vast areas of polar regions but are restricted to the highest mountains in the tropics. Elsewhere in the solar system, the vast polar ice caps of Mars rival those o...
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    Glacier
    • (n.) An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over an extended area, as in Greenland.
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    glacier
    any large mass of perennial ice that originates on land by the recrystallization of snow or other forms of solid precipitation and that shows ... [26 related articles]
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    glacier
    glacier A huge mass of ice slowly flowing over a land mass, formed from compacted snow in an area where snow accumulation exceeds melting; it moves slowly outward from the center of accumulation or down a mountain slope, or valley, until it melts or breaks away.
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    Glacier
    A large long lasting accumulation of snow and ice that develops on land. Most glaciers flow along topographic gradients because of their weight and gravity.
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    Glacier
    A large mass of freshwater ice originally of atmospheric origin that forms on land over many years. There are two main types of glacier: mountain glaciers which form at altitude among mountain peaks and valleys; and continental glaciers, which form over continents at high latitude. Glaciers formed over much of the high latitudes of continents during Ice Ages. Today only Greenland and Antarctica ha...
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    glacier
    Bering Glacier, Alaska. Credit: NASA A large mass of ice that can survive for several years. In most cases, glaciers are heavy enough to flow downhill under their own weight. There are three recognized types of glacier; ice sheets and caps; mountain or valley glaciers; and piedmont glaciers. G...
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    glacier
    glacier, moving mass of ice that survives year to year, formed by the compacting of snow into névé and then into granular ice and set in motion outward and downward by the force of gravity and the stress of its accumulated mass. Glaciers are usually found in high altitudes and latitude...
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