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The Antarctic ice sheet contains about 70% of the earth's store of fresh water and about 90% of the earth's store of ice.
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How many ice sheets are there on Earth right now?
There are two main ice sheets on Earth: the Greenland Ice Sheet located in Greenland and the Antarctic Ice Sheet situated in Antarctica. These ice sheets hold the majority of the world's fresh water in the form of ice.
What is great sheets of ice called?
ice sheets
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.
What is the difference between glaciers ice sheets and ice fields?
valley glaciers are constrained by their surroundings. And ice sheets dont Ice sheets are large
What is the food web in the antarctic ice sheets?
There is no food web in Antarctica's ice sheets, cap or glaciers.
Are thick sheets of ice?
a thick sheet of ice
What are thick sheets of ice?
a thick sheet of ice
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
These sheets of ice break off the edge of antarctica?
Ice Flows or Ice sheets (For 5th grade Jump Start game it's iceflows)
Why do sea levels rise when ice sheets melt?
When ice sheets melt, the water from the ice flows into the ocean, causing sea levels to rise.
Broad thick sheets of ice that are common in antarctica and Greenland?
These are known as ice sheets, massive expanses of glacial ice that cover land areas. Antarctica and Greenland have the largest ice sheets in the world, containing the majority of Earth's fresh water. The ice sheets can be several kilometers thick and have a significant impact on global climate and sea levels.
