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Glacier
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A more or less snow-white mass of ice occupying an Alpine valley and moving slowly down its bed like a viscous substance, being fed by semi-melted snow at the top called nevé and forming streams at the bottom; it has been defined by Prof. J. D. Forbes ( q. v .) as "a viscous body which is urged down slopes of a certain inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts"; in the Alps alone they number over 1000, have an utmost depth of 1500 ft., and an utmost length of 12 m.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Glacier'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/g/glacier.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Glacier'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/g/glacier.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
