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Spanish
disco de hielo
Wikidata

Big circular ice floe (ca 1 m ... 50 m diameter) rotating on a river.

disco de hielo
Russian
ледяная шапка
Portuguese
calota de gelo
Catalan
capa de gel
Spanish
casquete de hielo

Ice mass that covers less than 50,000 km² of land area.

ледяная шапка
Synonyms
Examples for "ice disc"
Examples for "ice disc"
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Researchers believe ice discs spin because of temperature changes in the water, creating a vortex underneath.
BBC
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The amount of ice circling Antarctica is suddenly plunging from a record high to record lows, baffling scientists.
The Irish Times