An Alpine Glacier.
Depending on when it was formed, the size and speed it is moving it could be either an Avalanche or Glacier. If it is an incredibly old, slow moving, large, ice mass it is likely a Glacier; however if it is a quickly moving, small (relatively), ice mass it is an Avalanche.
A glacier is an ice mass formed from years of accumulated snow that may be moving slowly.
No. A glacier is a mass of moving snow and ice.
A slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.
kettle
The term for a slowly moving mass of ice is a glacier.
We call this a glacier. Some do not move but most do.
Cap Polar ice cap Mountain ice cap
A glacier
glacier
ice sheet.
ice sheet