OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 33511

ice cap

Meanings (ES + gloss)
campo de hielo • capa de hielo
A permanent expanse of ice encompassing a large geographical area, as for example in Earth's polar zones (polar ice) or at high elevation.
The ice cap of Kilimanjaro is shrinking, and some researchers believe it will disappear within the next one hundred years.
The ocean beneath the arctic ice cap hosts many unique organisms adapted to the cold and shortage of light.
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