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gla·cier
 glacier
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- pronunciation:
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A glacier is a large amount of ice that forms in very cold places on the earth. A glacier forms from packed snow, and it moves like a very slow river or waterfall of ice.
Even though glaciers move very slowly, they can push rocks of all sizes, including boulders, across the land. When a glacier melts, the rocks and other rock debris that were pushed get deposited on the ground, often very far from where they came from.
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glaciered (adj.) |
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