ice flow
Arctic water movement
Ice flow refers to the slow, gravity-driven movement of glacial ice downhill or outward from its source.
Glaciers flow like extremely viscous rivers, advancing inches to feet per day depending on temperature and terrain.
The term also describes the seasonal movement of sea ice driven by currents and wind.
Often confused with ice floe, which is a flat sheet of floating ice.
- floeDrifting sea ice
- icebergFloating glacial fragment
- ablationRemoval by cutting, melting
- firnYear-old compacting snow
- ridgingCreating raised linear formations
calving · crevasse · accumulation · cryosphere · terminus · freeze-up · white · slow · chunk · frozen · thaw · current · frigid · melt · stream · sea · groaning · movement
ice flowliquid water
H2O in flowing state
meltwater · open water · river current · ocean current · seawater
ice flowstill water
Water not flowing
stagnant water · ice sheet · glacier · frozen lake · ice cap
ice flowlava flow
Moving volcanic discharge
magma · thermal spring · hot spring · warm current · molten rock