[[Image:Icefields_Parkway.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Icefields Parkway glacier in Jasper, Canada.]]
[[Image:Icefields_Parkway.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Icefields Parkway glacier in Jasper, Canada.]]
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A '''glacier''' is a large mass of slowly moving [[ice]] that flows over a land mass, shaping the landscape. Nearly all of the [[Earth]]'s glaciers exist in [[Antarctica]] and [[Greenland]].
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A '''glacier''' is a large mass of slowly moving [[ice]] that flows over a land mass, shaping the landscape. Glaciers exist in Antarctica, and mountainous areas of North America, South America, Europe, Asia and New Zealand. <ref>http://nsidc.org/data/docs/noaa/g01130_glacier_inventory/</ref>