ice shelf

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A thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are found in Antarctica, Greenland, and Canada only
A floating sheet of ice permanently attached to a land mass
shelf ice
An extension of glacial ice into coastal waters that is in contact with the bottom near the shore but not toward the outer edge of the shelf
shelf ice
ice that is attached to land but projects out to sea
ice shelf
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