Concept information
Preferred term
ice sheet
Definition
- In glaciology, an ice sheet, also known as a continental glacier, is a mass of glacial ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than 50,000 km2 (19,000 sq mi). The only current ice sheets are in Antarctica and Greenland. (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_sheet)
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/QX8-6GSLK5QK-7
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