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glacier::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | ice mass |
| Has types | alpine type of glacier, continental glacier, piedmont glacier, piedmont type of glacier, alpine glacier |
| Derivation | glacial, glaciate |
Examples of glacier
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Part of the roughly 100-mile trip includes a drive on the Myrdalsjokull glacier.
From the cnn.com
The team also used ground-penetrating radar to map the thickness of the glacier.
From the sciencedaily.com
Surrounding it is a glacier containing 80 million cubic meters of water and ice.
From the cnn.com
Several more crevasses split the glacier on the final approach to Camp Schurman.
From the thenewstribune.com
The coast is characterised by cliffs, glacier-headed fjords and deep anchorages.
From the economist.com
Rupper says increasing temperatures are just one culprit behind glacier retreat.
From the sciencedaily.com
A change in GRACE data can signify a change in mass, such as a receding glacier.
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The coastline of the North Sea has been evolving since the last glacier receded.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Sea levels rise abruptly and massive inland flooding occurs due to glacier melt.
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- A slowly moving mass of ice
- A glacier (pronounced or) is a persistent body of ice that flows and originates on land. Evidence of glacier flow is exhibited by glacier features such as crevasses. ...
- Glacier (styled as GLACIER) is a Visual kei rock band from Okinawa, Japan. Makoto, Nao and Aki have been friends since they were elementary schoolchildren. The three members started the band in Okinawa. ...
- Raymond M. Lloyd (born May 1964) is an American martial artist, professional wrestler, and actor. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling in the late 1990s under the ring name Glacier.
- Moraine Valley Community College is a community college located in Palos Hills, Illinois in the southwest suburbs of Chicago. Founded in 1967, it is the second largest community college in the state . It has an enrollment of approximately 35,000. ...
- A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill
- (Glaciers) A large body of ice that forms through the tight packing and freezing of snow and then advances and recedes slowly due to its enormous weight and the pull of gravity, changing the shape of the land as it moves.
- (Glaciers) Large masses of ice that form on land by the recrystalization of old compacted snow. They flow from the area where the are formed downhill to an area where ice is removed by melting or calving (breaking off) into a body of water.*
- (Glaciers) These slow-moving rivers of ice and snow are found in the coldest parts of the world. As glaciers move, they carve through stone and cut valleys into mountains. Glaciers are one of the most powerful erosive forces on Earth.
