Term: | Ice field |
Definition: | Large level area of glacial ice found covering a large expanse of land. Similar in size to an ice cap but does not have a dome-shape. |
Term: | Ice field |
Definition: | A continuous accumulation of snow and glacier ice that completely fills a mountain basin or covers a low-relief mountain plateau to a substantial depth. When the thickness become great enough, tongues of ice overflow the basins or plateaus as Valley Glaciers. |
Term: | Ice field |
Definition: | An area of floating ice of any size, which is greater than 10 km across. The characteristics, position and sizes of fields are described as separate zones. |
Term: | Ice field |
Definition: | A large, level area of ice, either of sea ice ("more than five miles across") or an ice cap or highland ice. |