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Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICEBERGS

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ICEBERGS  

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  • A massive piece of ice of greatly varying shape, protruding more than 5m above sea-level, which has broken away from a glacier, and which may be afloat or aground. Icebergs may be described as tabular, dome-shaped, sloping, pinnacled, weathered or glacier bergs. (en)

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/f1c79b5f-fcc2-42e7-818b-7534f79081ff

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