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glaciary formation > glacier > ice sheet

Terme préférentiel

ice sheet  

Définition

  • 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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