: a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
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Power play in the Himalayas Known as the world’s highest major river, the Yarlung Tsangpo winds its way from a glacier in the Himalayas across the plateau that cradled Tibetan Buddhism, and toward the country’s southernmost edge.
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Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
The dormant volcano has 12 glaciers and snowfields.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
Shrinking glaciers, rising seas The Greenland Ice Sheet lost 129 billion tons of ice in 2025, continuing its long-term trend.
—Barbara Moran, NPR, 16 Dec. 2025
The mountain in southern Germany is also home to one of the country’s few remaining glaciers.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2025
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Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
The dormant volcano has 12 glaciers and snowfields.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
Shrinking glaciers, rising seas The Greenland Ice Sheet lost 129 billion tons of ice in 2025, continuing its long-term trend.
—Barbara Moran, NPR, 16 Dec. 2025
The mountain in southern Germany is also home to one of the country’s few remaining glaciers.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2025
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“Glacier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glacier. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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glacier
noun
gla·cier
ˈglā-shər 
: a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
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