Ice sheet and Ross Ice Shelf

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Difference between Ice sheet and Ross Ice Shelf

Ice sheet vs. Ross Ice Shelf

An ice sheet is a mass of glacier ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than, this is also known as continental glacier. The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (as of 2013 an area of roughly and about across: about the size of France).

Similarities between Ice sheet and Ross Ice Shelf

Ice sheet and Ross Ice Shelf have 4 things in common (in Unionpedia): Glacier, Ice shelf, Sea level rise, West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

Glacier

A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight; it forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation (melting and sublimation) over many years, often centuries.

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Ice shelf

An ice shelf is a thick floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface.

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Sea level rise

A sea level rise is an increase in global mean sea level as a result of an increase in the volume of water in the world’s oceans.

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West Antarctic Ice Sheet

The Western Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is the segment of the continental ice sheet that covers West (or Lesser) Antarctica, the portion of Antarctica on the side of the Transantarctic Mountains which lies in the Western Hemisphere.

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What Ice sheet and Ross Ice Shelf have in common
What are the similarities between Ice sheet and Ross Ice Shelf

Ice sheet and Ross Ice Shelf Comparison

Ice sheet has 38 relations, while Ross Ice Shelf has 41. As they have in common 4, the Jaccard index is 5.06% = 4 / (38 + 41).

References

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