A German word for glacier; a large mass of flowing ice found in mountainous regions.
From Old High German 'gletschir', possibly from Latin 'glacies' (ice). The word is primarily German but used in international glaciology terminology.
German-speaking glaciologists have such detailed terminology for glaciers that they can describe ice formations with precision that English speakers need multiple words to explain—language shapes how scientists see the world!
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