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What are large blocks of ice that can cover a continent?
Glaciers
What is Thick sheets of ice that can cover large areas of a continent are called ice caps or?
Thick sheets of ice that can cover large areas of a continent are called continental glaciers or ice caps. Examples of continental glaciers are in Antarctica and Greenland The ice sheets that form in these two locations are up to 3500 meters thick. thank you a lot
What is a glacier spreads out over a large island or continent?
A glacier that spreads out over a large expanse of land, such as an island or continent, is referred to as an ice sheet. These ice sheets are massive bodies of ice that cover vast areas of land and can be several kilometers thick. Greenland and Antarctica are examples of regions where ice sheets are found.
What is a mass of ice and snow that permanetly cover a large area of land?
Glacier A continuous mass of ice covering a . . A continuous mass of ice covering a large landmass is known as a mass of perennial ice. (general term). The ice covering Antarctica is called an ice sheet, and it covers 98% of the continent.
Which space probe shows large twisted blocks of ice on Europa?
Galileo
What is the reason behind using jute bags by the road side ice-vendors to cover their blocks of ice?
To protect them from the sun hotness
Does the antarctic hemisphere cover one fourth of the world's ice?
There are several words in your question that can be confusing. First, Antarctica is a continent, not a hemisphere. (Hemispheres cover halves of the planet.) The continent of Antarctica does contain about 90% of the earth's store of ice.
Does a glacier cover the anarctica?
Antarctica is covered by an ice sheet that covers about 98% of the continent.
What does the huge ice cap cover in Antarctica?
The ice sheet that covers Antarctica is a 98% coverage of the land mass that is the continent.
How large can a glacier be?
It can cover much of a hemisphere, as the ice sheets did in the Pleistocene Ice Age.
What is continental glacier?
A continental glacier is a glacier that spreads out from a central mass of ice.Hope this helps.Answer 2:A continental glacier is a an ice sheet covering much of a continent
How much of Antarctica is hidden under a large ice sheet?
Ninety-eight percent of the continent is covered by ice.
