Glacier

Real World Example

Imagine trying to push a heavy piece of furniture across a carpeted floor. Just as the furniture moves slowly and steadily with persistent effort, a glacier is a large mass of slow-moving ice and snow inching its way across the landscape. In this analogy, the furniture represents the glacier, the carpeted floor is akin to the earth's surface, and the steady, deliberate push mirrors the gradual movement of a glacier driven by gravity and internal deformation.