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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.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-002885
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymsglacial ice
ReferencesUS Environmental Protection Agency; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsolandforms; glaciation; cold zones; ice; rock flour; glaciology; glacial deposits; glacial soils; ice shelf; ice cover
TranslationsSpanish: glaciares
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002885",
  "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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