English-Estonian translations for glacier

• jääliustik
• liustik
  Külastasin seal väikest linna nimega Ilulissat, millest kohe põhja pool asub liustik. I visited a small town there called Ilulissat, and just north of Ilulissat is a glacier.
  Daamid ja härrad, mul oli võimalus näha Patagoonia liustike kadumist. Ladies and gentlemen, I have had the opportunity to see the disappearing glaciers of Patagonia.
  Üha enam ja sagedamini ilmnevad põuad, üleujutused, kõrbestumine ja liustike sulamine. We are experiencing more and more frequent droughts, floods, desertification, and the melting of glaciers.

Definition of glacier

• A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill

Examples

• They warned that the effects of glacier melting on water resources are becoming “increasingly serious” for China

Related words

• glaciered
• glacier buttercup
• glacier water
• glacier bear
• glacier crowfoot
• glacier sedge
• rift in a glacier