1) Arctic geography terminology
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The cryosphere (from the Greek κρύος cryos `cold`, `frost` or `ice` and σφαῖρα sphaira, `globe, ball`) is those portions of Earth`s surface where water is in solid form, including sea ice, lake ice, river ice, snow cover, glaciers, ice caps and ice sheets, and frozen ground (which includes permafrost). Thus, there is a wide ov...
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One of the Earth's spheres of irregular form existing in the zone of interaction of the atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere, distinguished by negative or zero temperature and the presence of water in the solid or super-cooled state. The term refers collectively to the portions of the Earth where water is in solid form. It includes snow cover, f...
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The portion of the earth which consists of the ice masses and snow deposits which include continental ice sheets, mountainous glaciers, sea ice, surface snow cover and lake/river ice. Alterations in the extent of snow cover are due to seasonal fluctuations and are interrelated with atmospheric circulation. Sea level and hydrologic cycle variations ...
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The frozen part of the Earth's surface. The cryosphere includes the polar ice caps, continental ice sheets, mountain glaciers, sea ice, snow cover, lake and river ice, and permafrost.
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a component of the Earth's system that is frozen water; the forms include
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cryosphere The region of the earth’s surface that is frozen throughout the year.
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one of the earth's spheres of irregular form existing in the zone of interaction of the atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere, distinguished by negative or zero temperature and the presence of water in the solid or super-cooled state; the term refers collectively to the portions of the earth where water is in solid form, including snow cover , fl...
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Portion of the Earth where water is in its solid form, including ice, snow cover, glaciers, frozen ground, and permafrost.
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The portion of the climate system consisting of the world's ice masses and snow deposits, which includes the continental ice sheets, mountain glaciers, sea ice, surface snow cover, and lake and river ice. Changes in snow cover on the land surfaces are by and large seasonal and closely tied to the mechanics of atmospheric circulation. The glaciers a...
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