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Q: These glaciers are sometimes called ice caps?
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Where is most earth's freshwater located?

Rainfall is where it is from. Ice caps and glaciers is where most of it is found, followed by groundwater.


What is a large mass of ice called?

Ice caps or ice fields are glaciers on land. They grow above the snow line.


Why are ice caps on mountains not melting?

Ice caps and glaciers are melting. They melt during summer and build up again during winter, especially if snow falls. One or two glaciers in the world are actually increasing. But most glaciers and ice caps are losing ice.


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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 covers the arctic islands?

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Where do scientists obtain ice cores from?

Glaciers and/or the Arctic/Antarctic ice caps.


What caused disappearance of land bridges?

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What type of glaciers are sometimes called icecaps?

A glacier and an ice cap are two different things so there are no glaciers called icecaps.