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The 87 pages that link to Glacier, each with the reason it gives.

• PermafrostCompared with: Permafrost is frozen ground; a glacier is surface ice that flows.

• Sea iceCompared with: Glaciers form on land, unlike sea ice, which freezes directly from seawater.

• Glacial erosionNarrower topic: Moving glacier ice supplies the force and transport that produce erosion.

• Glacial landformNarrower topic: Moving ice supplies the force and material that shape glacial landforms.

• LaharRelated: Volcanoes capped by glaciers can generate lahars when eruptions melt or destabilize ice.

• Glacial lakeNarrower topic: Glaciers provide the ice, erosion, and sediment involved in forming these lakes.

• Antarctic ice sheetNarrower topic: An ice sheet is the largest form of glacier, covering a continent-scale area.

• Tarim BasinRelated: Glaciers in surrounding ranges help sustain river flow during warm seasons.

• MoraineNarrower topic: Glaciers transport the debris that accumulates in moraines.

• RiverCompared with: A glacier is flowing water in solid form, not a liquid channel across land.

• AlpsNarrower topic: Alpine glaciers carved valleys and still reshape high mountain terrain.

• Caucasus MountainsNarrower topic: High elevations sustain glaciers that shape valleys and supply meltwater.

• Little Ice AgeNarrower topic: Many glaciers expanded during colder intervals, reshaping valleys and threatening settlements.

• Glacier mass balanceNarrower topic: Mass balance describes the gains and losses of this moving ice body.

• Greenland ice sheetNarrower topic: The ice sheet’s moving outlet glaciers are part of the broader glacier family.

• Ice sheetNarrower topic: An ice sheet is a continental-scale type of glacier, defined by its area.

• Ice shelfCompared with: A glacier is grounded ice; an ice shelf is its floating continuation.

• Hindu KushNarrower topic: Glaciers store water in the Hindu Kush and feed rivers during seasonal melt.

• Alpine climateRelated: Glaciers store alpine snowfall and respond to long-term shifts in mountain temperature.

• Black carbonRelated: Black carbon deposited on glacier surfaces can reduce reflectivity and increase solar energy absorption.

• FjordNarrower topic: Fjords inherit their shape from the movement of glaciers through valleys.

• U-shaped valleyNarrower topic: Moving glacier ice supplies the force that carves the valley.

• IceBroader topic: Glaciers are large-scale accumulations of ice that flow across land.

• SnowpackCompared with: Unlike seasonal snowpack, a glacier survives year to year and stores water over longer timescales.

• GlaciologyBroader topic: Glaciers are the moving land-ice systems central to much of glaciology.

• Ice ageNarrower topic: Glaciers are the broader land-ice phenomenon that includes ice sheets and smaller alpine forms.

• Glacial geomorphologyNarrower topic: Glacier motion supplies the ice that erodes bedrock and leaves distinctive landforms.

• Glacial meltwaterNarrower topic: Glacial meltwater originates from the snow and ice stored in glaciers.

• GlaciationBroader topic: Glaciers are the moving ice bodies produced by glaciation.

• Landsat programRelated: Landsat imagery provides repeated views of glacier extent and retreat.

• Ice sheet dynamicsNarrower topic: Ice sheets are immense glacier systems, distinguished by their continental scale and lack of confinement to mountain valleys.

• InSARRelated: Radar interferometry can measure glacier motion where optical tracking is difficult.

• Taklamakan DesertRelated: Glaciers in surrounding mountains feed rivers flowing toward the basin’s oases.

• TillNarrower topic: Moving glacier ice transports and deposits the sediment that becomes till.

• Glacial valleyNarrower topic: Glacial valleys are landforms produced by the movement of glaciers.

• Glacier monitoringNarrower topic: The monitored object is defined by its long-term accumulation, flow, and loss.

• HydrosphereBroader topic: Glaciers and ice sheets store a substantial share of Earth’s freshwater.

• Ice capNarrower topic: An ice cap is a broad glacier system with ice flowing radially from a dome.

• FirnNarrower topic: Firn accumulates and transforms within the upper reaches of glaciers.

• IcebergNarrower topic: Many icebergs begin as pieces of glaciers that reach the coast.

• Severnaya ZemlyaNarrower topic: Glaciers cover large parts of Severnaya Zemlya’s highest islands.

• Basal slidingNarrower topic: Basal sliding is one component of glacier flow.

• Eastern HimalayaNarrower topic: Glaciers store water and reshape high valleys throughout the range.

• Glacial geologyNarrower topic: Glaciers are the moving agents whose erosion and deposition glacial geology examines.

• Glacier tourismNarrower topic: The moving ice itself creates the terrain and conditions that glacier tourism encounters.

• Mountain climateRelated: Cold, snowy mountain climates can sustain glaciers and their downstream effects.

• Siachen GlacierNarrower topic: Siachen's ice flow and accumulation follow the physical processes governing glaciers.

• EskerNarrower topic: An esker forms in a meltwater pathway associated with a glacier or ice sheet.

• Franz Josef LandRelated: Glaciers cover much of the archipelago and shape its island landscapes.

• Ellesmere IslandNarrower topic: Ellesmere’s glaciers are monitored to understand regional ice loss and landscape change.