An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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glacier calving
  گوگش ِ یخزار   
gugeš-e yaxzâr

Fr.: vêlage de glacier   

The breaking off of chunks of ice at the terminus, or end, of a glacier. Ice breaks because the forward motion of a glacier makes the terminus unstable. Ice or glacier calving is the formal name for the birth of an → iceberg.

→ glacier; → calve.