river of ice
Slow-moving ice mass
A river of ice is a glacier—a massive body of ice that moves slowly downhill under its own weight, carving valleys and carrying debris.
The phrase captures how glaciers flow like frozen rivers, though over centuries rather than seconds: The river of ice had retreated noticeably since my grandfather's time.
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
- crevasseDeep glacial fissure
- moraineGlacier-deposited debris pile
- arcticOf extreme northern cold
- polar regionArea near geographic extremes
alpine · snow · meltwater · glacial lake · deep blue · blue · ancient · creeping · slow motion · massive · calving · iceberg · fjord · polar · retreat · climate change · flow · cold
river of icerapids
Turbulent river section
torrent · flash flood · running water · cascade · whitewater
river of icelava tube
Volcanic drainage tunnel
pyroclastic flow · tropical river · jungle river · Amazon · Nile
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