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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Fields of Study > geology > geomorphology > landforms > glaciers > ice cover
Preferred Term:

ice cover

Definition:
During the present time, the extent, especially the thickness, of glacier ice on a land surface. Also the same as ice concentration, which is the ratio of an area of sea ice to the total area of sea surface within some large geographic area.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
glaciers
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/333584
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RDF/XMLCreated 2019-09-04, last modified 2019-11-25