Continental glaciation refers to the process of large sheets of ice covering vast areas of land, like continents. It occurs when glaciers spread out and cover a substantial part of a continent, shaping the landforms and changing the environment around them.
Full definition
Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«continental»
«glaciation»
Sentences with «continental glaciation»
- However, this enhanced level of atmospheric CO2 does not seem to have been accompanied by unusually warm temperatures in the tropics, and in fact may have been contemporaneous with high - latitude continental glaciation on Gondwanaland9, 10. (nature.com)
- The Greenland ice sheet did not develop at all until the late Pliocene, but apparently developed very rapidly with the first continental glaciation. (en.wikipedia.org)
- That is, most of the period of polar bear existence has been during continental glaciations rather than inter-glacials. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
- (see all
sentences)