ice mass
Berg or floe
A large body of ice, typically formed from accumulated and compacted snow over long periods.
Ice masses include glaciers, ice sheets, and ice caps.
The term appears in scientific and environmental contexts discussing polar regions and climate change: The Greenland ice mass is losing billions of tons annually.
Unlike discrete icebergs, an ice mass suggests something connected to land or of continental scale.
- glacierSlow-moving ice mass
- icebergFloating glacial fragment
- floeDrifting sea ice
- sheetFlat rectangular material
- packGroup or compress
frozen · arctic · polar · berg · shelf · cap · drift · calving · crevasse · melt · snow · tundra · permafrost · blue · cold · creeping · ancient · crushing
ice massbody of water
Significant natural liquid accumulation
water body · liquid water · ocean · sea · lake
ice masssnowflake
Feathery ice crystal
ice crystal · frost · sleet · rime · hoarfrost
ice massmagma
Molten rock underground
molten lava · lava flow · fireball · hot spring · liquid water