'Glacier' definitions:

Definition of 'glacier'

From: WordNet
noun
A slowly moving mass of ice

Definition of 'Glacier'

From: GCIDE
  • Glacier \Gla"cier\, n. [F. glacier, fr. glace ice, L. glacies.] An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over an extended area, as in Greenland. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The mass of compacted snow forming the upper part of a glacier is called the firn, or n['e]v['e]; the glacier proper consist of solid ice, deeply crevassed where broken up by irregularities in the slope or direction of its path. A glacier usually carries with it accumulations of stones and dirt called moraines, which are designated, according to their position, as lateral, medial, or terminal (see Moraine). The common rate of flow of the Alpine glaciers is from ten to twenty inches per day in summer, and about half that in winter. [1913 Webster]
  • Glacier theory (Geol.), the theory that large parts of the frigid and temperate zones were covered with ice during the glacial, or ice, period, and that, by the agency of this ice, the loose materials on the earth's surface, called drift or diluvium, were transported and accumulated. [1913 Webster]

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Glacier, WA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Washington

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Glacier, WA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Washington
Population (2000) :
90
Housing Units (2000) :
228
Land area (2000) :
3.007073 sq. miles (7.788284 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
3.007073 sq. miles (7.788284 sq. km)
FIPS code :
26875
Located within :
Washington (WA), FIPS 53
Location :
48.888296 N, 121.933857 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
98244
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Glacier -- U.S. County in Montana

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Glacier -- U.S. County in Montana
Population (2000) :
13247
Housing Units (2000) :
5243
Land area (2000) :
2994.717699 sq. miles (7756.282905 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
42.389528 sq. miles (109.788368 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
3037.107227 sq. miles (7866.071273 sq. km)
Located within :
Montana (MT), FIPS 30
Location :
48.627154 N, 112.810119 W

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