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glaciary formation > iceberg

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iceberg  

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  • An iceberg is a piece of freshwater ice more than 15 m long that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and is floating freely in open (salt) water. Smaller chunks of floating glacially-derived ice are called growlers or bergy bits. (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceberg)

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