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A glacier is a large, slow-moving river of ice, formed from compacted layers of snow, that slowly deforms and flows in response to gravity and high pressure. The processes and landforms caused by glaciers and related to them are glacial (adjective); this term should not be confounded with glacial (noun), a cold period in ice ages (see glacial period). The process of glacier growth and establishment is called glaciation.
This page is about the geological formation. For other uses, see Danielhammocks (disambiguation).
- "Glacial" and "Glaciation" redirect here. For the geological periods, see glacial period. For the story by Alastair Reynolds, see Glacial (short story).
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The word glacier comes from French via the Vulgar Latin glacia, and ultimately from Latin glacies meaning ice.[1]