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ice calving

breaking of ice chunks from the edge of a glacier
Class type of: natural process Q868757

Facts

7 properties
Instance of
physical process
Subclass of
natural process[2]
Described by source
Antarctica: The Melting Continent[4]
Different from
calving[7]
Has effect
glacial melting[6]
Immediate cause of
iceberg[5]
Product or material produced
iceberg[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en ice calving en calving ar ولادة الجليد cs telení cs telení ledovce cs telení ledovců de Kalben es Desprendimiento de hielo fa یخزایی fr vêlage he התנתקות קרחונים hu borjadzás hu jégborjadzás it distacco del ghiaccio it Distacco degli iceberg it Iceberg calving it Ice calving ja 氷塊分離 ja 氷山分離 ko 빙하 붕괴
🔖 Identifiers · 7
OpenAlex ID
C22641795
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
1q1qKw
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
111404
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/ice-island
Environment Ontology ID
03000032
Freebase ID
/m/06w1bx8
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
22641795

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🔗 Connections
Different from 1
calving
Immediate cause of 1
iceberg
Instance of 1
occurrence
Product or material produced 1
iceberg
← Different from 1
calving
← Has cause 1
Bloop
← Has effect 1
sea level rise
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Summary

ice calving is a physical process[1].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Environment Ontology ID → 03000032
    "Created claim: Environment Ontology ID: 03000032, Matched to calving of ice from an iceberg (#143356625) in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5484|"
  2. 9w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → natural process
    "Created claim: Subclass of: natural process"
  3. 11w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → physical process
    "Changed claim: Instance of: physical process"
  4. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 1q1qKw
    Instance of → physical process
    Described by source → Antarctica: The Melting Continent
    Product or material produced → iceberg
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
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