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Antarctica is the continent covered with the most glaciers, with 91% of the world's glaciers found there.

Antarctica also contains 90% of the world's glacier ice, which is enough to raise sea levels by nearly 60 meters if it were to melt.

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The Baltoro Glacier at 63 km (39 mi) in length

It is one of the longest glaciers outside the polar regions.

It is located in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan.

It runs through part of the Karakoram mountain range.

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The amphitheater-like hollow that forms at the head of a glacier is called a cirque.

Cirques are bowl-shaped depressions that glaciers carve into mountains and valley sidewalls at high elevations.

The word "cirque" comes from the Latin word circus.

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Glaciers are the largest source of freshwater on Earth, holding about 69% of the world's fresh water.

It primarily in ice sheets and polar regions.

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According to the World Glacier Inventory, there are approximately 198,000 glaciers in the world.

A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight.

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Russia has the largest number of glaciers outside the Arctic region, with many located in the Caucasus, Altai, and Sayan mountain ranges.

The country's vast territory encompasses a wide range of glacier types, from small valley glaciers to large ice caps.

Some notable glacier locations in Russia include:

• The Caucasus Range (e.g., Mount Elbrus)
• The Altai Mountains (e.g., Belukha Mountain)
• The Sayan Mountains (e.g., Munku-Sardyk Mountain)
• The Kamchatka Peninsula (e.g., Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano)

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The Lambert-Fisher glacier is considered the largest glacier in the world, located in Antarctica.

It is approximately 400 miles (640 km) long and 60 miles (97 km) wide.

It covering an area of about 100,000 square miles (260,000 square km).

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• Tasman Glacier, also known as Haupapa Glacier, is located in the Southern Alps of New Zealand's South Island.
• It is the largest glacier in New Zealand, covering an area of about 101 square kilometers (39 square miles).
• The glacier is approximately 27 kilometers (17 miles) long and is surrounded by the Tasman Lake and the Tasman River.

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Glaciers are found on every continent.

According to the World Glacier Monitoring Service, there are glaciers in approximately 50 countries around the world. 

These countries are home to over 200,000 glaciers.

It covering about 14 million square kilometers (5.4 million square miles) of land.

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The Karakoram Range is home to many of the world's largest glaciers.

Including the Siachen Glacier.

It is one of the longest outside the polar regions.