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ice sheet
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ice sheet [′īs ‚shēt]
(hydrology)
A thick glacier, more than 19,300 square miles (50,000 square kilometers) in area, forming a cover of ice and snow that is continuous over a land surface and moving outward in all directions. Also known as ice mantle.
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