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.
- Glacier
- Description: large persistent body of ice
- Also known as“Glacier”“یخچال ابیدر”
Glaciers
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Latitude
36.369° or 36° 22′ 8″ north
Longitude
51.0714° or 51° 4′ 17″ east
Open location code
8H8H939C+HH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = glacier
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Glaciers” goes by many names.
GletserAfrikaans
AkullnajaAlbanian
akullnajatAlbanian
الأنهار الجليديةArabic
المثالجArabic
المجلدةArabic
المجمدةArabic
جليديةArabic
كتلة جليديةArabic
مثالجArabic
مثلجةArabic
نهر جليديArabic
cheleraAragonese
glacialAragonese
GlaciarAragonese
glazialAragonese
glaziarAragonese
ՍառցադաշտArmenian
սառցադաշտերArmenian
biouègnoArpitan
GllaciérArpitan
rouéseArpitan
হিমবাহAssamese
GlaciarAsturian
BuzlaqAzerbaijani
GlaziarBasque
glaziarraBasque
karruguneBasque
GletschaBavarian
ЛедавікBelarusian
ледавікіBelarusian
ляднікBelarusian
হিমবাহBengali
ग्लेशियरBhojpuri
हिमनदीBhojpuri
हिमानीBhojpuri
glečerBosnian
LednikBosnian
SkornegBreton
глетчерBulgarian
глетчериBulgarian
ЛедникBulgarian
ရေခဲမြစ်Burmese
GlaceraCatalan
glaceresCatalan
glaciarCatalan
سەھۆڵبەندCentral Kurdish
冰川Chinese
冰河Chinese
高山冰川Chinese
ПăрлăхChuvash
RewlivCornish
glečerCroatian
ledenjaciCroatian
LedenjakCroatian
ledovceCzech
LedovecCzech
bræDanish
gletcherDanish
gletscherDanish
GletsjerDanish
isbræDanish
jøkelDanish
glaciatieDutch
gletscherDutch
gletschersDutch
GletsjerDutch
gletsjersDutch
ИйнальыкEastern Mari
ЭймарErzya
GlaĉeroEsperanto
glaciaroEsperanto
glaciejoEsperanto
glaciriveroEsperanto
jääliustikEstonian
jääliustikudEstonian
LiustikEstonian
liustikudEstonian
JäätikköFinnish
mannerjääFinnish
GlaciarGalician
xeleiraGalician
冰川Gan Chinese
冰河Gan Chinese
მყინვარიGeorgian
αλπικός παγετώναςGreek
ΠαγετώναςGreek
Ro’yrupaGuarani
GlasyéGuianese Creole French
GlasyeHaitian
glasye kontinantalHaitian
GileshiyaHausa
gileshiya (tsaunin kankara)Hausa
tsaunin kankaraHausa
קרחוןHebrew
קרחון יבשתיHebrew
ग्लेशियरHindi
हिमनदीHindi
हिमानियोंHindi
हिमानीHindi
firnHungarian
GleccserHungarian
JökullIcelandic
jökulsprungaIcelandic
GlacieroIdo
jieŋâdâhInari Sami
glasierIndonesian
glesierIndonesian
GletserIndonesian
GlacieroInterlingua
OighearshruthIrish
ghiacciaiItalian
GhiacciaioItalian
GliesiaJamaican Creole English
グレイシャーJapanese
大陸氷河Japanese
山岳氷河Japanese
氷河Japanese
GlètserJavanese
Ɖomba ɛwaɣKabiyè
ಹಿಮನದಿKannada
MuzlıqKara-Kalpak
ہَنٛدٕرKashmiri
LodofôłtKashubian
МұздықKazakh
МөңгүKirghiz
빙하Korean
DlaciáLadin
LaduojsLatgalian
GlaciariumLatin
Glacies perpetuaLatin
ledājiLatvian
LedājsLatvian
GletsjerLimburgan
ledynaiLithuanian
LedynasLithuanian
VedrettaLombard
GletscherLow German
GletsjerLow German
jiehkkeLule Sami
GletscherLuxembourgish
глечерMacedonian
ЛедникMacedonian
हिमनदीMaithili
Tahirin-dranomandryMalagasy
GlasierMalay
ഗ്ലേഷ്യർMalayalam
ഹിമാനിMalayalam
Awin rioeeManx
rio-strooManx
हिमनदीMarathi
Peng-hôMin Nan Chinese
უგურყელიMingrelian
ჯიშთიMingrelian
Мөсөн голMongolian
हिमनदीNepali
च्वापुखुसिNewari
IstongNorthern Frisian
jiehkkiNorthern Sami
IsbreNorwegian
botnbreNorwegian Bokmål
breNorwegian Bokmål
isbreNorwegian Bokmål
jøkelNorwegian Bokmål
platåbreNorwegian Bokmål
botnbreNorwegian Nynorsk
brædeNorwegian Nynorsk
breNorwegian Nynorsk
bredeNorwegian Nynorsk
dalbreNorwegian Nynorsk
forlandsbreNorwegian Nynorsk
isbræNorwegian Nynorsk
isbrædeNorwegian Nynorsk
IsbreNorwegian Nynorsk
isbrearNorwegian Nynorsk
isbredeNorwegian Nynorsk
iskappeNorwegian Nynorsk
jøkelNorwegian Nynorsk
jøkulNorwegian Nynorsk
platåbreNorwegian Nynorsk
spitsbergenbreNorwegian Nynorsk
glacèirOccitan (post 1500)
glacèrOccitan (post 1500)
GlacièrOccitan (post 1500)
ହିମବାହOriya
ЦъитиOssetian
цъититæOssetian
ਗਲੇਸ਼ੀਅਰPanjabi
برف رودPersian
یخچالPersian
یخچال طبیعیPersian
یخچالهای طبیعیPersian
یخرودPersian
lodowcePolish
LodowiecPolish
کنګلPushto
glaciarQuechua
glacierQuechua
Hatun chullunkuQuechua
IllimaQuechua
rit’i pampaQuechua
urqu chullunkuQuechua
urqu chullunku pampaQuechua
wallalluQuechua
GhețarRomanian
ghetariRomanian
glaciarRomanian
GlatscherRomansh
vadretgRomansh
vardretRomansh
глетчерRussian
ЛедникRussian
ледникиRussian
GlacierSaterfriesisch
GletscherSaterfriesisch
GlitskerSaterfriesisch
GlitskereSaterfriesisch
GlacierScots
Eigh-shruthScottish Gaelic
глечерSerbian
ледењакSerbian
ЛедникSerbian
леднициSerbian
glečerSerbo-Croatian
LedenjakSerbo-Croatian
глечерSerbo-Croatian
မႄႈၼမ်ႉၼမ်ႉၶႅင်Shan
မႄႈၼမ်ႉမူၺ်Shan
ႁွင်ႈၼမ်ႉၶႅင်Shan
GhiacciaiuSicilian
ghiacciajuSicilian
ghiacciaruSicilian
ghiazzaruSicilian
iazzaruSicilian
jazzaruSicilian
برفالوSindhi
glečerSlovak
ĽadovecSlovak
LedenikSlovenian
بوزلاقSouth Azerbaijani
dielhtieSouthern Sami
BarafutoSwahili
mto wa barafuSwahili
GlaciärSwedish
glaciärerSwedish
jökelSwedish
jökulSwedish
jökullSwedish
GletscherSwiss German
glacierTagalog
GlasyarTagalog
ПиряхTajik
பனியாறுTamil
БозлыкTatar
హిమానీనదంTelugu
ธารน้ำแข็งThai
BuzulTurkish
buzullarTurkish
türkiyenin neotektoniğiTurkish
buzlukTurkmen
йӧUdmurt
йӧлюкUdmurt
مۇزلۇقUighur
глетчерUkrainian
ЛьодовикUkrainian
льодовикиUkrainian
lodowcUpper Sorbian
گلیشیئرUrdu
گلیشیرUrdu
MuzlikUzbek
muzliklarUzbek
JasaroVenetian
băng hàVietnamese
Sông băngVietnamese
GletsjerVlaams
GlaecîWalloon
GleysyerWaray (Philippines)
RhewlifWelsh
rhewlifiadWelsh
GletsjerWestern Frisian
گلیشیئرWestern Panjabi
گلیشیرWestern Panjabi
冰川Wu Chinese
БулуусYakut
leŋwɛ te ncʉ́ atāaYemba
גלעטשערYiddish
冰川Yue Chinese
冰河Yue Chinese
IqeqebaZulu
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