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Glacier

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A glacier is a huge mass of ice.

Baltoro glacier from air.jpg
Baltoro glacier from air.jpg
It moves very slowly. It forms from lots of snow. The ice can look blue. It helps give us fresh water.
Vatnajökull glacier.jpg
Vatnajökull glacier.jpg
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File:Geikie Plateau Glacier.JPG
Geikie Plateau Glacier.JPG
File:Wildspitze seen from Hinterer Brunnkogel, with visible ascent track of ski mountaineer.jpg
Wildspitze seen from Hinterer Brunnkogel,...
File:Baltoro glacier from air.jpg
Baltoro glacier from air.jpg
File:Quelccaya Glacier.jpg
Quelccaya Glacier.jpg
File:Ellesmere Island 06.jpg
Ellesmere Island 06.jpg
ETH-BIB-Mount Kenya-Kilimanjaroflug...
File:Ellesmere Island 05.jpg
Ellesmere Island 05.jpg
File:Stress-strain1.svg
Stress-strain1.svg
File:Geirangerfjord (6-2007).jpg
Geirangerfjord (6-2007).jpg
File:TitlisIceCracksDeep.jpg
TitlisIceCracksDeep.jpg
File:Chevron Crevasses 00.JPG
Chevron Crevasses 00.JPG
File:Davies 2018 glacier sediment erosion rates.png
Davies 2018 glacier sediment erosion rates.png

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