glacier
C2076
concept
A glacier is a massive, persistent body of dense ice that forms on land from accumulated snowfall and slowly flows under its own weight, reshaping the landscape over time.
Aliases (11)
- valley glacier ×17
- alpine glacier ×4
- glacial system ×3
- outlet glacier ×3
- Alpine glacier ×1
- Antarctic glacier ×1
- Himalayan glacier ×1
- glacier in Switzerland ×1
- glacier in the United States ×1
- ice cap ×1
- tidewater glacier ×1
Instances (79)
- Rhône Glacier
- Tien Shan ("valley glacier")
- Mer de Glace
- Glacier des Bossons ("valley glacier")
- Northern Patagonian Ice Field ("glacial system")
- Miage Glacier ("valley glacier")
- Bionnassay Glacier
- Southern Patagonian Ice Field ("glacial system")
- Gangotri Glacier
- Mendenhall Glacier ("valley glacier")
- Wheeler Peak Glacier
- English Glacier
- Heezen Glacier
- Pamir Mountains ("valley glacier")
- Lyell Glacier
- Baltoro Glacier ("valley glacier")
- Siachen Glacier
- Biafo Glacier
- Hispar Glacier ("valley glacier")
- Panmah Glacier
- Gran Glaciar Norte
- Aneto glacier
- Vignemale
- Crater Glacier
- Collier Glacier
- Diller Glacier
- Skinner Glacier
- Clark Glacier
- Carver Glacier
- Linton Glacier
- Chambers Glacier
- Villard Glacier
- Eugene Glacier
- Lava Glacier
- Thayer Glacier
- Renfrew Glacier
- Squaw Glacier
- San Rafael Glacier ("tidewater glacier")
- San Quintín Glacier ("outlet glacier")
- Steffen Glacier ("outlet glacier")
- Nef Glacier
- Gorner Glacier ("valley glacier")
- Furtwängler Glacier
- Mont-Blanc glacial system ("glacial system")
- Northern Icefield
- Inylchek Glacier
- Sea of Ice
- Kahiltna Glacier
- Muldrow Glacier ("valley glacier")
- Fiescher Glacier ("valley glacier")
- Whitney Glacier ("glacier in the United States")
- Hotlum Glacier
- Wintun Glacier
- Bolam Glacier ("alpine glacier")
- Glockner Group
- Aletsch Glacier ("valley glacier")