Glacier
['glæsɪə;'gleɪsɪə] or ['ɡleʃɚ]
Definition
(n.) An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over an extended area, as in Greenland.
Typist: Natalie
Definition
n. a field or more properly a slowly moving river of ice such as is found in the hollows and on the slopes of lofty mountains.
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Examples
- Presently a breeze dissipated the cloud, and I descended upon the glacier. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The rate at which a glacier moves generally varies from eighteen to twenty-four inches in a day. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The Glacier National Park is the latest addition to the series of great natural attractions which the United States Government has been acquiring for years. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Perrichon's dogged and undiscouraged attachment to the young man whom he had pulled out of the glacier. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I remembered the effect that the view of the tremendous and ever-moving glacier had produced upon my mind when I first saw it. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Along this whole space of the Cordillera true glaciers do not now exist even at much more considerable heights. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The snowy mountains and blue glaciers shone in their own light. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- How are Glaciers Formed? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Glaciers spread from the poles towards the equator, until England to the Thames was covered in ice. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The glaciers spread southward to the maximum of the Fourth Glacial Age (about 50,000 years ago), and then receded again. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Glaciers exist in all zones in which mountains rise above the snow-line, that is, the height where it is so cold that there is always snow. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There are numerous glaciers and mountain lakes and the locality presents many examples of sublime scenery. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- So greatly has the climate of Europe changed, that in Northern Italy, gigantic moraines, left by old glaciers, are now clothed by the vine and maize. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- In the Cordillera of South America, nearly under the equator, glaciers once extended far below their present level. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The desert mountains and dreary glaciers are my refuge. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Immense glaciers approached the road; we heard the rumbling thunder of the falling avalanche, and marked the smoke of its passage. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- One of the most famous glaciers of the Alps is the Mer de Glace, belonging to Mont Blanc, in the valley of Chamouni, about fifty-seven hundred feet above the level of the sea. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In the Lebanon, according to Dr. Hooker, perpetual snow formerly covered the central axis, and fed glaciers which rolled 4,000 feet down the valleys. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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