THE GLACIER
What is glacier Glaciers are the huge mass of enduring ice that originates on land and moves slowly over the land. The term "Glacier "is taken from the french word "glace (glah- SAY )" ,which means ice. Do you know Glaciers ice today stores about three-fourths of all fresh water in the world. Glaciers are formed due the huge amount of accumulation of snow and ice. Glaciers fall into three groups : Alpine Glacier, ice sheets , and piedmont glacier. Glaciers are often called " river of ice ". Formation of glacier Glaciers originates on land form and that landform is known as "cirque" ( a half open filled with sided hollow at the head of a valley, formed by glacial erosion) . The precipitate snow is dense by the weight of the snow falling above it , forming 'nerve' ( raw glacier ice ). Further crushing of dense snow turns into "glacial ice " . The glacial ice will fill the cirque until it "overflows" through a geologi...