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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">An unbroken, but limited, sheet of [[land ice]] lying on relatively flat plateau country.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">It is thin enough to show the main contours of the underlying land, in contrast to a [[continental glacier]].</div><br/> </div> | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">An unbroken, but limited, sheet of [[land ice]] lying on relatively flat plateau country.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">It is thin enough to show the main contours of the underlying land, in contrast to a [[continental glacier|continental glacier]].</div><br/> </div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:08, 25 April 2012
highland ice
An unbroken, but limited, sheet of land ice lying on relatively flat plateau country.
It is thin enough to show the main contours of the underlying land, in contrast to a continental glacier.
