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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]]. | 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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Revision as of 19:32, May 24, 2007
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.