An ice sheet covers a landmass, such as the Antarctic or Greenland ice sheet. An ice shelf is an extension of an ice sheet over water, such as the Ross ice shelf in Antarctica.
Ice sheet = ice on land
Ice shelf = ice on water next to an ice sheet
Ice sheet = ice on land
Ice shelf = ice on water next to an ice sheet
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Ice Shelf
(oceanography) A thick sheet of ice with a fairly level or undulating surface, formed along a polar coast and in shallow bays and inlets, fastened to the shore along one side but mostly afloat and nourished by annual accumulation of snow and by the seaward extension of land glaciers.
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Ice Sheet
An Ice sheet is a mass of glacier ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than 50,000 square kilometers (19,305 square miles).
The only current ice sheets are Antarctic and Greenland.
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(oceanography) A thick sheet of ice with a fairly level or undulating surface, formed along a polar coast and in shallow bays and inlets, fastened to the shore along one side but mostly afloat and nourished by annual accumulation of snow and by the seaward extension of land glaciers.
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Ice Sheet
An Ice sheet is a mass of glacier ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than 50,000 square kilometers (19,305 square miles).
The only current ice sheets are Antarctic and Greenland.
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