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ice sheet

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | 264 words | Copyright

ice sheet A large ice mass, with an area usually greater than about 50 000 km2, that is 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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