glacier
Example Sentences
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These lakes are prone to failing because they are precariously dammed by walls made of frozen earth, rocks and ice created by the movement of a glacier.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
In 1985, Nepal’s Dig Tsho lake, in the Everest region, burst after part of a hanging glacier fell into it, destroying houses and infrastructure below.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
"Exposed rock ledges, sections of ice breaking away and glacier tongues collapsing in on themselves are increasingly shaping the landscape."
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
Gerhard Lieb, who runs the glacier monitoring service with Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer, said the weather conditions in recent years had been "extremely unfavourable for glaciers".
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
A lake of meltwater had formed on top of the glacier, and there was Roz, sitting in the shallows.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
Vocabulary lists containing glacier
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Geological Features
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