Glaciers

When snow accumulates over many years, it compacts into dense ice. Glaciers form as this ice slowly but steadily slides downhill. Some ten percent of the land on Earth is covered by year-round ice.
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  • Type: Glacier
  • Description: large persistent body of ice
  • Also known as: “akullnajat”, “băng hà”, “biouègno”, “botnbre”, “bræ”, “bræde”, “bre”, “brede”, “buzullar”, “dalbre”, “Ferner”, “firn”, “Firn”, “forlandsbre”, “geleiras”, “ghetari”, “ghiacciai”, “ghiacciaiu”, “ghiacciaju”, “ghiazzaru”, “gileshiya (tsaunin kankara)”, “glacèir”, “glacèr”, “glaceres”, “glacial”, “glaciales”, “glaciar de descarga”, “glaciar de maré”, “glaciärer”, “glaciares”, “glaciaro”, “glaciatie”, “glaciejo”, “glacier”, “Glacier”, “Glacies perpetua”, “glacirivero”, “glasye”, “glazial”, “glaziarra”, “glesier”, “gletcher”, “gletscher”, “Gletschereis”, “gletschers”, “gletsjers”, “Glitskere”, “iazzaru”, “Illima”, “isbræ”, “isbræde”, “isbrear”, “isbrede”, “iskappe”, “jääliustik”, “jääliustikud”, “jazzaru”, “jökel”, “jøkel”, “jökul”, “jøkul”, “jökulsprunga”, “karrugune”, “Kees”, “langue glaciaire”, “langue glacière”, “ledāji”, “ledenjaci”, “ledovce”, “ledynai”, “liustikud”, “lodowce”, “mannerjää”, “mto wa barafu”, “muzliklar”, “platåbre”, “rhewlifiad”, “rio-stroo”, “rit’i pampa”, “rit’ipampa”, “ritipampa”, “rouése”, “spitsbergenbre”, “tsaunin kankara”, “türkiyenin neotektoniği”, “urqu chullunku”, “urqu chullunku pampa”, “vadretg”, “vardret”, “wallallu”, “xeleira”, “αλπικός παγετώνας”, “глетчер”, “глетчери”, “глечер”, “йӧ”, “ледавікі”, “ледењак”, “ледники”, “ледници”, “льодовики”, “ляднік”, “цъититæ”, “սառցադաշտեր”, “الأنهار الجليدية”, “المثالج”, “المجلدة”, “المجمدة”, “برف رود”, “كتلة جليدية”, “مثالج”, “نهر جليدي”, “یخچال”, “یخچال ابیدر”, “یخچال‌های طبیعی”, “یخرود”, “یخ‌رود”, “हिमानियाँ”, “हिमानियों”, “ഗ്ലേഷ്യർ”, “မႄႈၼမ်ႉမူၺ်”, “ႁွင်ႈၼမ်ႉၶႅင်”, “グレイシャー”, “冰河”, “大陸氷河”, “山岳氷河”, and “高山冰川”
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Glaciers

Latitude
36.369° or 36° 22′ 8″ north
Longitude
51.0714° or 51° 4′ 17″ east
Open location code
8H8H939C+HH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 973461791
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­glacier
Wiki­data ID
Q35666
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Glaciers” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “gletser”
  • Afrikaans: “Gletser”
  • Albanian: “akullnaja”
  • Albanian: “Akullnaja”
  • Arabic: “جليدية”
  • Arabic: “مثلجة”
  • Aragonese: “chelera”
  • Aragonese: “Glaciar”
  • Armenian: “սառցադաշտ”
  • Armenian: “Սառցադաշտ”
  • Arpitan: “gllaciér”
  • Arpitan: “Gllaciér”
  • Assamese: “হিমবাহ”
  • Asturian: “glaciar”
  • Asturian: “Glaciar”
  • Azerbaijani: “buzlaq”
  • Azerbaijani: “Buzlaq”
  • Basque: “glaziar”
  • Basque: “Glaziar”
  • Bavarian: “Gletscha”
  • Belarusian: “ледавік”
  • Belarusian: “Ледавік”
  • Bengali: “হিমবাহ”
  • Bhojpuri: “हिमानी”
  • Bosnian: “glečer”
  • Bosnian: “Lednik”
  • Breton: “skorneg”
  • Breton: “Skorneg”
  • Bulgarian: “ледник”
  • Bulgarian: “Ледник”
  • Burmese: “ရေခဲမြစ်”
  • Catalan: “glacera”
  • Catalan: “Glacera”
  • Central Kurdish: “سەھۆڵبەند”
  • Chinese: “冰川”
  • Chuvash: “пăрлăх”
  • Chuvash: “Пăрлăх”
  • Cornish: “rewliv”
  • Cornish: “Rewliv”
  • Croatian: “ledenjak”
  • Croatian: “Ledenjak”
  • Czech: “ledovec”
  • Czech: “Ledovec”
  • Danish: “gletsjer”
  • Danish: “Gletsjer”
  • Dutch: “gletsjer”
  • Dutch: “Gletsjer”
  • Eastern Mari: “ийнальык”
  • Eastern Mari: “Ийнальык”
  • Erzya: “эймар”
  • Erzya: “Эймар”
  • Esperanto: “glaĉero”
  • Esperanto: “Glaĉero”
  • Estonian: “liustik”
  • Estonian: “Liustik”
  • Finnish: “jäätikkö”
  • Finnish: “Jäätikkö”
  • French: “glacier”
  • French: “Glacier”
  • Galician: “glaciar”
  • Galician: “Glaciar”
  • Gan Chinese: “冰川”
  • Georgian: “მყინვარი”
  • German: “Gletscher”
  • Greek: “παγετώνας”
  • Greek: “Παγετώνας”
  • Guarani: “ro’yrupa”
  • Guarani: “Ro’yrupa”
  • Guianese Creole French: “glasyé”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Glasyé”
  • Haitian: “glasye kontinantal”
  • Haitian: “Glasye”
  • Hausa: “gileshiya”
  • Hausa: “Gileshiya”
  • Hebrew: “קרחון יבשתי”
  • Hebrew: “קרחון”
  • Hindi: “हिमनद”
  • Hindi: “हिमानी”
  • Hungarian: “gleccser”
  • Hungarian: “Gleccser”
  • Icelandic: “jökull”
  • Icelandic: “Jökull”
  • Ido: “glaciero”
  • Ido: “Glaciero”
  • Inari Sami: “jieŋâdâh”
  • Indonesian: “gletser”
  • Indonesian: “Gletser”
  • Interlingua: “glaciero”
  • Interlingua: “Glaciero”
  • Irish: “oighearshruth”
  • Irish: “Oighearshruth”
  • Italian: “ghiacciaio”
  • Italian: “Ghiacciaio”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “gliesia”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Gliesia”
  • Japanese: “氷河”
  • Javanese: “glètser”
  • Javanese: “Glètser”
  • Kabiyè: “ɖomba ɛwaɣ”
  • Kabiyè: “Ɖomba ɛwaɣ”
  • Kannada: “ಹಿಮನದಿ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “muzlıq”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Muzlıq”
  • Kashmiri: “ہَنٛدٕر”
  • Kashubian: “lodofôłt”
  • Kashubian: “Lodofôłt”
  • Kazakh: “мұздық”
  • Kazakh: “Мұздық”
  • Kirghiz: “мөңгү”
  • Kirghiz: “Мөңгү”
  • Korean: “빙하”
  • Ladin: “dlaciá”
  • Ladin: “Dlaciá”
  • Latgalian: “laduojs”
  • Latgalian: “Laduojs”
  • Latin: “Glaciarium”
  • Latvian: “ledājs”
  • Latvian: “Ledājs”
  • Limburgan: “Gletsjer”
  • Lithuanian: “ledynas”
  • Lithuanian: “Ledynas”
  • Lombard: “vedretta”
  • Lombard: “Vedretta”
  • Low German: “Gletscher”
  • Low German: “gletsjer”
  • Low German: “Gletsjer”
  • Lule Sami: “jiehkke”
  • Luxembourgish: “Gletscher”
  • Macedonian: “ледник”
  • Macedonian: “Ледник”
  • Maithili: “हिमनदी”
  • Malagasy: “tahirin-dranomandry”
  • Malagasy: “Tahirin-dranomandry”
  • Malay: “glasier”
  • Malay: “Glasier”
  • Malayalam: “ഹിമാനി”
  • Manx: “awin rioee”
  • Manx: “Awin rioee”
  • Marathi: “हिमनदी”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “peng-hô”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Peng-hô”
  • Mingrelian: “უგურყელი”
  • Mingrelian: “ჯიშთი”
  • Mongolian: “мөсөн гол”
  • Mongolian: “Мөсөн гол”
  • Nepali: “हिमनदी”
  • Newari: “च्वापुखुसि”
  • Northern Frisian: “Istong”
  • Northern Sami: “jiehkki”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “isbre”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “isbre”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Isbre”
  • Norwegian: “Isbre”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “glacièr”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Glacièr”
  • Oriya: “ହିମବାହ”
  • Ossetian: “цъити”
  • Ossetian: “Цъити”
  • Panjabi: “ਗਲੇਸ਼ੀਅਰ”
  • Persian: “یخچال طبیعی”
  • Polish: “lodowiec”
  • Polish: “Lodowiec”
  • Portuguese: “geleira”
  • Portuguese: “Geleira”
  • Pushto: “کنګل”
  • Quechua: “hatun chullunku”
  • Quechua: “Hatun chullunku”
  • Romanian: “ghețar”
  • Romanian: “Ghețar”
  • Romansh: “glatscher”
  • Romansh: “Glatscher”
  • Russian: “ледник”
  • Russian: “Ледник”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Glitsker”
  • Scots: “glacier”
  • Scots: “Glacier”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “eigh-shruth”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Eigh-shruth”
  • Serbian: “ледник”
  • Serbian: “Ледник”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “ledenjak”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ledenjak”
  • Shan: “မႄႈၼမ်ႉၼမ်ႉၶႅင်”
  • Sicilian: “Ghiacciaiu”
  • Sicilian: “ghiacciaru”
  • Sindhi: “برفالو”
  • Slovak: “ľadovec”
  • Slovak: “Ľadovec”
  • Slovenian: “ledenik”
  • Slovenian: “Ledenik”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بوزلاق”
  • Southern Sami: “dielhtie”
  • Spanish: “glaciar”
  • Spanish: “Glaciar”
  • Spanish: “Glaciares”
  • Swahili: “barafuto”
  • Swahili: “Barafuto”
  • Swedish: “glaciär”
  • Swedish: “Glaciär”
  • Swiss German: “Gletscher”
  • Tagalog: “glacier”
  • Tagalog: “Glasyar”
  • Tajik: “пирях”
  • Tajik: “Пирях”
  • Tamil: “பனியாறு”
  • Tatar: “бозлык”
  • Tatar: “Бозлык”
  • Telugu: “హిమానీనదం”
  • Thai: “ธารน้ำแข็ง”
  • Turkish: “buzul”
  • Turkish: “Buzul”
  • Turkmen: “buzluk”
  • Udmurt: “йӧлюк”
  • Uighur: “مۇزلۇق”
  • Ukrainian: “льодовик”
  • Ukrainian: “Льодовик”
  • Upper Sorbian: “lodowc”
  • Urdu: “گلیشیر”
  • Uzbek: “muzlik”
  • Uzbek: “Muzlik”
  • Venetian: “jasaro”
  • Venetian: “Jasaro”
  • Vietnamese: “sông băng”
  • Vietnamese: “Sông băng”
  • Vlaams: “Gletsjer”
  • Walloon: “glaecî”
  • Walloon: “Glaecî”
  • Waray (Philippines): “gleysyer”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gleysyer”
  • Welsh: “rhewlif”
  • Welsh: “Rhewlif”
  • Western Frisian: “Gletsjer”
  • Western Panjabi: “گلیشیئر”
  • Western Panjabi: “گلیشیر”
  • Wu Chinese: “冰川”
  • Yakut: “булуус”
  • Yakut: “Булуус”
  • Yemba: “leŋwɛ te ncʉ́ atāa”
  • Yiddish: “גלעטשער”
  • Yue Chinese: “冰川”
  • Zulu: “iqeqeba”
  • Zulu: “Iqeqeba”
  • “ग्लेशियर”

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