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Ice shelf Moderate

Ice shelf has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

ice that is attached to land but projects out to sea

2

A thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are found in Antarctica, Greenland, and Canada only.

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