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Continental glacier

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1.A broad ice sheet resting on a plain or plateau and spreading outward from a central névé, or region of accumulation.
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Noun1.continental glacier - a glacier that spreads out from a central mass of ice
glacier - a slowly moving mass of ice
polar glacier - a glacier near the Arctic or Antarctic poles


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Instead, it has a two-mile-thick mass of flowing ice called a continental glacier.
Icebergs: top to bottom: plunge under Antarctic ice to learn about ... by Masibay, Kim Y. / Science World
According to theory, a greenhouse warming could raise sea levels by melting continental glaciers and ice caps and by thermally expanding the oceans.
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