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Revision as of 12:35, 15 December 2019
See also: Outlet glaciers, Valley glaciers, Cirque glaciers, Piedmont glaciers, Ice sheets, Ice fields and Ice caps.
Català: glacera
Dansk: En gletsjer eller en bræ (islandsk (skrið)jökull hvoraf også dansk jøkel) er en større ismasse i bevægelse.
Deutsch: Ein Gletscher (in der Schweiz Firn, in Süddeutschland und Tirol auch Ferner, in Österreich landschaftlich auch Kees) ist eine aus Schnee hervorgegangene Eismasse mit einem klar definierten Einzugsgebiet, die sich aufgrund von Hangneigung, Struktur des Eises, Temperatur und der aus der Masse des Eises und den anderen Faktoren hervorgehenden Schubspannung eigenständig bewegt.
English: A Glacier A glacier (US /ˈɡleɪʃər/ or UK /ˈɡlæsiə/) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight; it forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation (melting and sublimation) over many years, often centuries. Glaciers slowly deform and flow due to stresses induced by their weight, creating crevasses, seracs, and other distinguishing features. They also abrade rock and debris from their substrate to create landforms such as cirques and moraines. Glaciers form only on land and are distinct from the much thinner sea ice and lake ice that form on the surface of bodies of water.
Español: Un glaciar es una gruesa masa de hielo que se origina en la superficie terrestre por acumulación, compactación y recristalización de la nieve, mostrando evidencias de flujo en el pasado o en la actualidad. Su existencia es posible cuando la precipitación anual de nieve supera la evaporada en verano, por lo cual la mayoría se encuentra en zonas cercanas a los polos, aunque existen en otras zonas, en montañas.
Esperanto: Glaĉero
Français : Un Glaciers est une masse de glace plus ou moins étendue qui se forme par le tassement de couches de neige accumulées. Écrasée sous son propre poids, la neige expulse l'air qu'elle contient, se soude en une masse compacte et se transforme en glace. Le domaine de plasticité de la glace étant particulièrement étendu, un glacier s'écoule lentement sous l'effet de la gravité le long d'une pente ou par fluage.
ગુજરાતી: હિમનદી
हिन्दी: हिमनदी
Ido: Glaciero
Íslenska: Jökull er massi íss sem ekki nær að bráðna milli árstíða. Jöklar eru stærstu forðabúr jarðarinnar af ferskvatni. Þótt jökulís sé fast og hart efni við fyrstu sýn verður hann í raun seigfljótandi þegar hann nær ákveðinni þykkt og magni og tekur að skríða undan halla líkt og þykkur grautur. Þannig síga jökultungur í hægfara straumi niður fjallshlíðar eða út frá stórum jökulhvelum og mynda skriðjökla.
Italiano: Ghiacciaio
עברית: קרחון
Magyar: Gleccser
Nederlands: Gletsjer
日本語: 氷河
Norsk bokmål: Isbre
Polski: Lodowiec
Português: Geleira
Slovenščina: Ledenik
Suomi: Jäätikkö
Svenska: Glaciär
Türkçe: Buzul
中文:冰川
Africa
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Glaciers of Mount Kilimanjaro
Antarktis
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Glaciers in Paradise Bay (Antarctica)
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Glacier breaking edge in the Lemaire Channel
Argentinien
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Glacier below Fitz Roy
Österreich
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Hintertuxer Gletscher in Tux
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Rock glacier near Ramolkogel in Ötztal valley
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die Buinlücke am Piz Buin
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Gletscher am Piz Buin
Kanada
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Athabasca Glacier
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Cavell Glacier
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Athabasca Glacier
Chile
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Brüggen/Pio XI Glacier, the biggest glacier on the southern hemisphere outside of the Antartica.
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Nef Glacier
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España Glacier, Chile
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Gabriel Quiroz Glacier
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San Rafael Glacier
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Balmaceda Glacier
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Italia Glacier, Chile
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San Quintin Glacier
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Viedma Glacier
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Grey Glacier
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Amalia Glacier
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Holanda Glacier
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Serrano Glacier
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Fitton Glacier
Frankreich
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Glacier du Mont Mallet
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Glacier de Taconnaz
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Glacier d'Arsine
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Glacier de Chamonix
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Glacier de Ossoue (Pyrenees)
Deutschland
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Höllental Glacier
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Alter Schwede,
Hamburg, Germany -
Glacier d'Aletsch
Grönland
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The edge of the Greenland icesheet near Kangerlussuaq
Island
Italien
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Gilderferner Glacier on Hoher Weißzint
Kerguelen
Kirgisistan
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Glacier in Tian Shan
New Guinea
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Icecaps on Puncak Jaya in 1936
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Icecaps on Puncak Jaya in 1972
Neuseeland
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Mueller, Hooker and Tasman Glaciers
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Tasman Glacier
Norwegen
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Glaciar de Briksdal
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Glaciar de Briksdal
Spanien
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Glaciar del Aneto
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Glaciar de Monte Perdido
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Glaciar de la Maladeta
Schweden
Schweiz
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Morteratsch glacier
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Aletsch glacier, the largest and longest glacier of the Alps
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Tschierva glacier and Piz Bernina as seen from Piz Corvatsch
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Rhône Glacier 1900
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Rhône Glacier 2004
Tadschikistan
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Fedchenko Glacier
Vereinigte Staaten
Alaska
Montana
Washington
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Roosevelt Glacier terminus
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Easton Glacier terminus
Wyoming
Glacial striation
See also: Glacial striation
Diagrams
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Isostatic rebound
Other landforms
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Glacial valley
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Altai Fluss Kutscherla