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.
All labels observed (38)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| glacier canonical | 517 |
| valley glacier | 124 |
| alpine glacier | 28 |
| glacial system | 21 |
| tidewater glacier | 20 |
| outlet glacier | 19 |
| ice cap | 16 |
| Antarctic glacier | 9 |
| glacial landform | 9 |
| Alpine glacier | 8 |
| Himalayan glacier | 7 |
| mountain glacier system | 4 |
| equatorial glacier | 3 |
| cirque glacier | 2 |
| glacier in Switzerland | 2 |
| piedmont glacier | 2 |
| tropical glacier | 2 |
| Andean glacier | 1 |
| Antarctic glacier system | 1 |
| Patagonian glacier | 1 |
| glacier arm | 1 |
| glacier feature | 1 |
| glacier historical extent | 1 |
| glacier in the United States | 1 |
| glacier portion | 1 |
| glacier segment | 1 |
| glacier terminus | 1 |
| hanging glacier | 1 |
| icefall | 1 |
| marine-terminating glacier | 1 |
| maritime glacier | 1 |
| outlet glacier of Mýrdalsjökull | 1 |
| paleoglacier | 1 |
| polar glacier | 1 |
| polar ice mass | 1 |
| temperate glacier | 1 |
| tongue of glacial ice | 1 |
| tributary glacier | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: glacier
Generated description
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.