glacier

Summary

glacier has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[1]

Key Facts

• glacier is made of ice^[2].
• glacier is a type of ice cover^[3].
• glacier is a type of perennial ice or snow‐covered land^[4].
• glacier is part of mountain^[5].
• glacier's Commons category is recorded as Glaciers^[6].
• glacier comprises glacial lobe^[7].
• glacier comprises glacier terminus^[8].
• glacier's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Glaciers^[9].
• glacier's Commons gallery is recorded as Glacier^[10].
• glacier's facet of is recorded as cryosphere^[11].
• glacier's facet of is recorded as glaciation^[12].
• glacier's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as natural=glacier^[13].
• glacier's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[14].
• glacier's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[15].
• glacier's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• glacier's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• glacier's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[18].
• glacier's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[19].
• glacier's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[20].
• glacier's described by source is recorded as Antarctica: The Melting Continent^[21].
• glacier's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10^[22].
• glacier's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox glacier^[23].
• glacier's topic has template is recorded as Template:Glaciers^[24].
• glacier's main Wikidata property is recorded as P7442^[25].
• glacier's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Glacier^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include ice cover^[3] and perennial ice or snow‐covered land^[4].

Use and Application

Components include glacial lobe^[7] and glacier terminus^[8], a geographical feature^[27]. glacier is part of mountain^[5].

Influence

Things named for glacier include Under the Glacier^[28], a literary work^[29], written by Halldór Laxness^[30].

Why It Matters

glacier has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[1] glacier is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for glacier include Under the Glacier^[28], a literary work^[29], written by Halldór Laxness^[30].