glacier's

Frozen mass's possession

Glacier's is the possessive form of glacier, indicating something belonging to or associated with a glacier—a massive body of ice that moves slowly across land.

The term appears in descriptions of glacial features: the glacier's surface, the glacier's retreat, the glacier's blue-tinged ice.

geology

ice

Water's solid form

snowfield · firn · cirque · arête · till · bedrock · erratics · outwash · calving · ablation

exploration

expedition

Organized exploratory journey

crossing · traverse · guide · crampons · ice axe · rope · base camp · summit · ascent · adventure

movement

flow

Unbroken forward movement

  • creepStealthy, slow movement
  • surgeSudden powerful increase
  • advanceMove or progress forward

retreat · calving · sliding · deformation · velocity · pace · shift · grinding · carving · scouring

landscape

valley

Low ground between heights

  • fjordGlacially carved coastal inlet
  • peakUtmost height attained
  • mountainTall natural landmass

alpine · tundra · arctic · polar · icefield · wilderness · terrain · scenery · vista · expanse

climate

melt

Change from solid

loss · disappearance · thinning · recession · sensitivity · vulnerability · albedo · feedback · temperature · precipitation

Opposites
temperature/thermal state

glacier'svolcano's

Of a magma vent

fire's · desert's

state of water/matter

glacier'socean's

Of the sea

river's · sea's · lake's · stream's · waterfall's

climate/biome association

glacier'sdesert's

Belonging to arid land

tropics · jungle's

Phrases
Family

glacier, glaciers

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G