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IDEA.org / Words / calving glaciers
Related — icebergs (Floating masses of ice); glaciers (Slow-moving ice masses); ice (Water's solid form); meltwater · crevasses · fjords · Arctic · Antarctic · sea level · cracking · thunderous · splash · polar
glacial process directioncalving glaciers ≠ snow accumulation Gathered frozen precipitation depth
thermal environmentcalving glaciers ≠ active volcanoes Mountains currently capable of eruption; lava flows · desert dunes · thermal vents · hot springs
thermal/climatic statecalving glaciers ≠ permafrost Perpetually frozen earth layer
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