glacier
A large, slow-moving mass of ice formed from compacted snow, typically found in polar or high-mountain regions.
氷河が溶けると海面が上昇する。
When glaciers melt, sea levels rise.
この谷は昔、氷河によって削られた。
This valley was carved by a glacier long ago.
Due to global warming, glaciers are melting rapidly.
This glacier has retreated significantly over the past fifty years.
Glaciers flow slowly down valleys under the pull of gravity.
glacial lake
valley glacier