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Icefields

A network of interconnected glaciers or ice streams having a common source

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noun
  1. 1

    A network of interconnected glaciers or ice streams having a common source

  2. 2

    A large expanse of floating ice (several miles long)

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icenounWater in frozen (solid) form.
glaceused especially of fruits
icefallsnounA relatively rapid and turbulent flow of ice, somewhat analogous to a waterfall.
glaciersnouna studio album by American hip hop production duo Blue Sky Black Death.
ice capnounA permanent expanse of ice encompassing a large geographical area, as for example in Earth's polar zones (polar ice) or at high elevation. [from 19th c.]
glaciernoun(geology) A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.
icefallnounA relatively rapid and turbulent flow of ice, somewhat analogous to a waterfall.
glaciatedcovered with ice (as by a glacier) or affected by glacial action
ice shelfnounA thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are found in Antarctica, Greenland, and Canada only.
ice massnouna large mass of ice
icecapnounAlternative form of ice cap. [A permanent expanse of ice encompassing a large geographical area, as for example in Earth's polar zones (polar ice) or at high elevation. [from 19th c.]]
ice sheetnounA broad glacial mass with a relatively flat surface.
ice agenoun(sciences) A period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence of major polar ice sheets that reach the ocean and calve icebergs.
seracsnoun(geography, glaciology) A sharp tower of ice formed by intersecting crevasses of a glacier.
drift icenounOne or more floating slabs of ice which have become detached from larger sheets or shoreline glaciers and which are moved by wind or sea currents.
antarcticanounThe southernmost continent, south of the Southern Ocean, containing the South Pole.
ice floenounAny type of sea ice not attached to land, drift ice.
snowy mountainsnounA mountain range in southern New South Wales, Australia.
ice crystalnounA small, solid form of water in symmetrical shapes including hexagonal columns, hexagonal plates, and dendritic crystals.
antarticanounMisspelling of Antarctica. [The southernmost continent, south of the Southern Ocean, containing the South Pole.]

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