Floating ice

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Term: Floating ice
Definition: Sea ice terminology, meaning any form of ice found floating in water. The principal kinds of floating ice are lake ice, river ice and sea ice, which form by the freezing of water at the surface, and glacier ice which is formed on land or in an ice shelf.
Created 2022.03.08
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