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Shelf ice

Index Shelf ice

Shelf ice is ice that forms when a portion of a lake surface freezes. [1]

9 relations: Drift ice, Great Lakes, Ice, Lake, Lake Erie, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake St. Clair, Windward and leeward.

Drift ice

Drift ice is any sea ice other than fast ice, the latter being attached ("fastened") to the shoreline or other fixed objects (shoals, grounded icebergs, etc.).Leppäranta, M. 2011.

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Great Lakes

The Great Lakes (les Grands-Lacs), also called the Laurentian Great Lakes and the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of interconnected freshwater lakes located primarily in the upper mid-east region of North America, on the Canada–United States border, which connect to the Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lawrence River.

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Ice

Ice is water frozen into a solid state.

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Lake

A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land, apart from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake.

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Lake Erie

Lake Erie is the fourth-largest lake (by surface area) of the five Great Lakes in North America, and the eleventh-largest globally if measured in terms of surface area.

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Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States.

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Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America.

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Lake St. Clair

Lake St.

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Windward and leeward

Windward is the direction upwind from the point of reference, alternatively the direction from which the wind is coming.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelf_ice

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