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Icefields
A network of interconnected glaciers or ice streams having a common source
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noun
- 1
A network of interconnected glaciers or ice streams having a common source
- 2
A large expanse of floating ice (several miles long)
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| icenoun | Water in frozen (solid) form. |
| glace | used especially of fruits |
| icefallsnoun | A relatively rapid and turbulent flow of ice, somewhat analogous to a waterfall. |
| glaciersnoun | a studio album by American hip hop production duo Blue Sky Black Death. |
| ice capnoun | 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.] |
| glaciernoun | (geology) A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill. |
| icefallnoun | A relatively rapid and turbulent flow of ice, somewhat analogous to a waterfall. |
| glaciated | covered with ice (as by a glacier) or affected by glacial action |
| ice shelfnoun | A 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 massnoun | a large mass of ice |
| icecapnoun | Alternative 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 sheetnoun | A 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 icenoun | One 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. |
| antarcticanoun | The southernmost continent, south of the Southern Ocean, containing the South Pole. |
| ice floenoun | Any type of sea ice not attached to land, drift ice. |
| snowy mountainsnoun | A mountain range in southern New South Wales, Australia. |
| ice crystalnoun | A small, solid form of water in symmetrical shapes including hexagonal columns, hexagonal plates, and dendritic crystals. |
| antarticanoun | Misspelling of Antarctica. [The southernmost continent, south of the Southern Ocean, containing the South Pole.] |
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