Synonym: iceberg. Similar words: facies, glance, fiery, fierce, carrier, barrier, supplier, frontier. Meaning: ['gleɪʃər /'glæsɪə] n. a slowly moving mass of ice.
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(121) First, we determined the acoustic emission stress of the gravel beneath the existing glacier, then compared it with the actual stress by calculation, which showed that they were nearly equal.
(122) Sunlight glints on the bearded face of Gangotri Glacier high in the Himalayas at the source of the Ganges River.
(123) Look at the walls and slopes of the Khumbu glacier [which flows 1.5 miles down from an icefall on the southern flanks of Everest].
(124) It is widely used in glaciology. we have employed GPR to detect Tianshan No. 1 Glacier and obtained some profiles which could clearly show the interface between ice and rock.
(125) The Associated Press said the drifting ice island from the Petermann glacier could threaten oil platforms and shipping.
(126) In summer, people head for Yellowstone, Glacier, the Seeley-Swan, the Selway-Bitterroot, the Bob Marshall, the Rattlesnake, the Big Hole, the Missions—wilderness in all directions.
(127) A large tabular iceberg calved from Helheim glacier on southeast Greenland.
(128) Yanert Glacier dropped ninety-one meters as a result of the surge. It is always very cold on the glaciers.
(129) 43A drop of water falls from a melting piece of ice on Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier near the city of El Calafate, in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz, December 16, 2009.
(130) In 1985 a glacier buried this shore; since then the ice has retreated a half mile inland.
(131) Studies in Mountain Glacier Evolution and Quaternary Glacial Events. Journal of Lanzhou University ( monograph ), 1984.
(132) Such events are natural, and in fact, a similar crack is visible in the 2001 image, the last time the Pine Island Glacier calved a large iceberg.
(133) In 1985 glacier buried this shore; since then the ice has retreated a half mile inland.
(134) He is a Greenlandic sled dog and, together with a team of local huskies, we career over a mountain glacier above giant satellite dishes probing the aurora borealis.
(135) Forest Service Interpreter Larry Rickards watches a black bear walk past the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center in Juneau , Alaska, US, on Sept. 6, 2007.
(136) Gorner glacier ( in the middle ) with Monte Rosa ( to the left ).
(137) Warmer conditions can send meltwater to the glacier's base, increasing lubrication and consequently glacier speed.
(138) Two meters into the glacier, most of the reds are dead.
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(139) The continental shelf here is about 600 meters (2,000 feet) deep, and as the warm water from the open ocean meets the shelf, it continues to flow toward land and rises beneath the floating glacier.
(140) Modeling water mass formation in the Mertz Glacier Polynya and Ad é lie Depression, East Antarctica.
(141) Bowline - A knot frequently used for tying the middle climber onto a glacier rope team, among other uses.
(142) Jungfraujoch is the most glaciated part of the Alps, containing Europe's largest glacier and a range of classic glacial features such as U-shaped valleys, cirques, horn peaks and moraines.
(143) This time, scientists believe a sun-baked glacier is stirring up trouble.
(144) A glacier is formed by the accretion of many particles of frozen packed snow.
(145) These images, all from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)sensor on NASA's Aqua satellite, show the iceberg and glacier tongue immediately before and after the collision.
(146) The Bear Glacier in the Kenai Peninsula along the Gulf of Alaska empties into a lake.
(147) It acts as a geologic rasp , scratching , gouging and generallythe surfaces the glacier rides.
(148) Ten thousand years ago, the area of Glacier National Park was covered by ice up to one mile below sea level.
(149) We spent much of our first day walking beside the Dudh Kosi, known as the "river of milk" because glacier meltwater has turned it a lovely milky green colour.
(150) Rocks of assorted sizes and shapes are embeded in the bottom of a glacier.