ice sheet

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | 249 words | Copyright

ice sheet A large ice mass, with an area usually greater than about 50 000 km², made up of ice domes and outlet glaciers. The Antarctic ice sheet is the world's largest, with an area of about 11.5 × 10⁶ km² and a mean thickness of about 2000 m.

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