Wonderful facts about an iceberg!!!!
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- The word iceberg comes from the Dutch ijsberg which means "ice hill".
- They float because of more volume which makes them less dense than water. There is another interesting reason for the same too. Did you ever know that icebergs are made up of fresh water? Well, it is also a reason why seven-eighth of an iceberg is below.See more intersting facts below:
- The tallest iceberg measured ever was 168m seen in1958 off Greenland.
- Smaller icebergs makes a particular sound while floating and hence they are called growlers.
- Every year about 10000-15000 icebergs are formed around the world! The process of ice formation is called carving.
- And the most enthralling of all is that the air trapped in a fully formed iceberg may be about 3000 years old!
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