Calving
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Calving may refer to:
  • Calving, the process of giving birth
    Birth
    Birth is the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring. The offspring is brought forth from the mother. The time of human birth is defined as the time at which the fetus comes out of the mother's womb into the world...

     to a calf
  • Ice calving
    Ice calving
    Ice calving, also known as glacier calving or iceberg calving, is a form of ice ablation or ice disruption. It is the sudden release and breaking away of a mass of ice from a glacier, iceberg, ice front, ice shelf, or crevasse...

    , the process by which an iceberg breaks off from an ice shelf or glacier
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