glaciers
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002885
A multi-year surplus accumulation of snowfall in excess of snowmelt on land and resulting in a mass of ice at least 0.1 km2 in area that shows some evidence of movement in response to gravity. A glacier may terminate on land or in water. Glacier ice is the largest reservoir of fresh water on Earth, and second only to the oceans as the largest reservoir of total water. Glaciers are found on every continent except Australia.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-002885 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Fields of Study |
| Synonyms | glacial ice |
| References | US Environmental Protection Agency; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary |
| See also | landforms; glaciation; cold zones; ice; rock flour; glaciology; glacial deposits; glacial soils; ice shelf; ice cover |
| Translations | Spanish: glaciares |
Record as JSON
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"term": "glaciers",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "A multi-year surplus accumulation of snowfall in excess of snowmelt on land and resulting in a mass of ice at least 0.1 km2 in area that shows some evidence of movement in response to gravity. A glacier may terminate on land or in water. Glacier ice is the largest reservoir of fresh water on Earth, and second only to the oceans as the largest reservoir of total water. Glaciers are found on every continent except Australia.",
"synonyms": [
"glacial ice"
],
"subject": "Fields of Study",
"see_also": [
"landforms",
"glaciation",
"cold zones",
"ice",
"rock flour",
"glaciology",
"glacial deposits",
"glacial soils",
"ice shelf",
"ice cover"
],
"references": [
"US Environmental Protection Agency",
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "glaciares"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/glaciers/"
}
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