How many glaciers are there in the world?

There are about 198,000 glaciers in the world. About 10 percent of land area on earth is covered by glacial ice covering 726,000km2.

Glaciers stores about 75 percent of the world's fresh water. The region with most glacier is Antarctica and Greenland. Over 90 percent of the world's glaciers is located in Antarctica. Glaciers are present in all contents on planet earth.

If all land ice melted, sea level would rise. Glaciers are gradually melting away and changing.

Do you know that glacial ice is a type of rock? It is a monomineralic rock which means a rock made of one material. The mineral in glacier is the crystalline form of water.