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A larg ice sheet that can cover land for thousands of years is a?

An ice sheet that covers land for thousands of years is known as a continental ice sheet. These are massive glaciers that form over vast areas due to the accumulation of snow and ice over long periods of time. Examples include the Antarctic Ice Sheet and the Greenland Ice Sheet.


Where is the world's second largest continental ice sheet?

The world's second largest continental ice sheet is located in Antarctica, covering about 14 million square kilometers. It is known as the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.


What percentage sheet of ice does the Antarctica Ice sheet hold?

The ice sheet holds 100% of Antarctica's . . . ice sheet.


How many meters thick is the thickest piece of ice?

The thickest piece of ice ever recorded was about 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) thick. This ice sheet is found in Antarctica and is known as the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.


Is there iron in ice?

it is less known that there are minerals, like iron, that are trapped in the ice sheet which enter the oceans when ice melt occurs.


What is a sheet of ice?

a sheet of ice is called a glacier


The ice sheet is approximately 1500 meters thick in the Arctic or Antarctica?

The ice sheet exceeds 1500 meters in both of these ice sheets, with the Arctic ice sheet referring to the Greenland Ice Sheet.


Does an alpine glacier or an ice sheet form quicker?

ice sheet


Does Antarctica have waterways?

Ninety-eight percent of Antarctica is covered with an ice sheet -- it is not known for its waterways.


Is the glacier that went over North Dakota called the Laurentide?

Yes, the Laurentide ice sheet came as far south as Kansas City and St Louis.


When was The Ice Sheet at Ogden created?

The Ice Sheet at Ogden was created in 1994.


What Antarctic ice sheet is threatening to drown the coastline?

The ice sheet is not so much a threat to coastlines as are the ice shelves, the Weddell in particular is showing excessive signs of warming and deterioration from exposure to warmer ocean water below the shelf. However, the West Antarctic Ice Sheet may also be in similar peril.