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noun
- 1. a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.
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Jul 2, 2024 · 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 evidence of past or present flow.
a large mass of ice that moves slowly over land, esp. down the side of a mountain, often moving rocks with it and changing the shape of the land. (Definition of glacier from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
A glacier ( US: / ˈɡleɪʃər /; UK: / ˈɡlæsiər, ˈɡleɪsiər /) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries.
Oct 19, 2023 · Glaciers are masses of snow that has been compressed into giant sheets of ice. Most glaciers were formed during the last ice age. Glaciers are massive bodies of slowly moving ice. Glaciers form on land, and they are made up of fallen snow that gets compressed into ice over many centuries.
noun. gla· cier ˈglā-shər. also. -zhər. especially British ˈgla-sē-ə, or ˈglā-sē-ə. : a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface. Examples of glacier in a Sentence.
A glacier is a large, perennial accumulation of crystalline ice, snow, rock, sediment, and often liquid water that originates on land and moves down slope under the influence of its own weight and gravity.
Glacier definition: an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers..
a large mass of ice that moves slowly over land, esp. down the side of a mountain, often moving rocks with it and changing the shape of the land. (Definition of glacier from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
A glacier is any large mass of perennial ice that originates on land by the recrystallization of snow or other forms of solid preci.
GLACIER definition: a large mass of ice that moves very slowly, usually down a slope or valley. Learn more.
