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Which sheets of ice break off the edge of Antarctica?
IceFlows.
What are the sheets of ice that break off the edge of Antarctica?
Glacier tongues that break off the Antarctic ice sheet are called icebergs once they disconnect from the sheet.
These sheets of ice break off the edge of antarctica?
Ice Flows or Ice sheets (For 5th grade Jump Start game it's iceflows)
What are giant glaciers called?
Giant glaciers are called ice sheets. These massive expanses of ice cover large areas of land and are found in Antarctica and Greenland. Ice sheets can be several kilometers thick and have a significant impact on global climate.
Broad thick sheets of ice that are common in Antarctica and Greenland are named what?
They are called ice sheets and/or continental glaciers if they cover more than 50,000 square kilometers of land area.continental
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 the food web in the antarctic ice sheets?
There is no food web in Antarctica's ice sheets, cap or glaciers.
What is it called when parts of ice sheets break of and become ice burgs?
The process of ice breaking off a glacier or ice sheet is called "calving".
If the ice sheets in west Antarctica melted what would the landscape become?
The ice sheets of west Antarctica actually cover a series of islands, rather like Hawaii. So if the ice sheets melted, the islands would be visible in the ocean.
Do ice sheets exist today in Greenland and Antarctica?
Yes.
Is Antartica a desert?
Antarctica is a desert. It does not rain or snow a lot there. When it snows, the snow does not melt and builds up over many years to make large, thick sheets of ice, called ice sheets
What is great sheets of ice called?
ice sheets
