[DOC] [TLE] Continental glaciers | Glaciers | Earth processes | OneGeology Kids ... [PAR] Continental glaciers are continuous masses of ice that are much larger than ... 
Greenland and Antarctica are almost entirely covered with ice sheets that are up 
to ... Continental glaciers bury the landscape and only the highest mountain ... 
Sometimes there are two sets of striations that show two different ice flow 
directions. [DOC] [TLE] ice sheet - National Geographic Society [PAR] Aug 16, 2012 ... In the 1980s, scientists drilled ice cores from the Greenland ice sheet ... the 
freshwater on Earth, and are sometimes called continental glaciers. ... Today, 
there are only two ice sheets in the world: the Antarctic ice ... During the 
Pleistocene Ice Age, nearly one-third of the Earth's land was covered by glaciers. [DOC] [TLE] Glacial Landforms and Features - The shape of the land, Forces and ... [PAR] A vast majority of that glacial ice overlies much of the continent of Antarctica. Most 
of the rest covers a great portion of Greenland; a small percentage is ... Two 
continental glaciers are found on Earth: one covers 85 percent of .... Glaciers 
leave their mark on the landscape not only through erosion, but also through 
deposition. [DOC] [TLE] Continental Glaciers - Cengage Learning [PAR] In terms of their size and shape, continental glaciers, which consist of ... which 
account for 96% of the area occupied by glaciers today. Ice ... The only land 
exposed in Greenland is a narrow, mountainous .... the whole south polar 
continent. .... 231. 2.  FIGURE 19.30. Glacial ice coverage in the Northern 
Hemisphere was... [DOC] [TLE] Where are glaciers located? | National Snow and Ice Data Center [PAR] Most of the world's glacial ice is found in Antarctica and Greenland, but glaciers 
are found on nearly every continent, even Africa. ... is why some cold regions, like 
Siberia, have almost no glaciationthere is not enough snowfall. ... satellite data) 
 MASIE (Daily sea ice extent, multi-source)  Greenland Today  Newsroom... [DOC] [TLE] What types of glaciers are there? | National Snow and Ice Data Center [PAR] Malaspina Glacier in Alaska is one of the most famous examples of this type of 
glacier, and is ... Ice shelves surround most of the Antarctic continent. ... Found 
now only in Antarctica and Greenland, ice sheets are enormous continental 
masses of ... MASIE (Daily sea ice extent, multi-source)  Greenland Today  
Newsroom... [DOC] [TLE] Ice sheet - Wikipedia [PAR] An ice sheet is a mass of glacier ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater 
than 50,000 km2 (19,000 sq mi), thus also known as continental glacier. The only 
current ice sheets are in Antarctica and Greenland; during the last ... The 
continent-wide average surface temperature trend of Antarctica is positive and... [DOC] [TLE] Glacier - Wikipedia [PAR] Only nunataks protrude from their surfaces. The only extant ice sheets are the two 
that cover most of Antarctica and Greenland. They contain vast quantities of... [DOC] [TLE] GY301 Applied Geomorphology Glacial Landforms Lab [PAR] Page 1 ... or microcontinent. Today there are only two existing continental 
glaciers, the Antarctic and. Greenland continental ice sheets. During ... 
continental glaciers covered significant portions of several continents that are 
free of ice today. [DOC] [TLE] Why Greenland is an Island and Australia is a Continent [PAR] Apr 15, 2013 ... One of the biggest differences between Australia and Greenland, other than their 
obvious ... Australia is the only continent without glaciers. [DOC] [TLE] GG101 Glaciers - Honolulu Community College [PAR] Today we'll study glaciers, their formation, the dynamics, and the causes and 
effects .... Okay, basically there are only two different type of glaciers, and these 
refer to ... continental glaciers cover only the continents of Antarctica and the 
continent of ... One of the common features is the presence of grooves and 
polished rocks. [DOC] [TLE] Glacial Geology [PAR] Ice ages are punctuated by brief interglacial periods, such as the one we are in 
now, that ... Continental Glaciers ... Today, this can only happen at high latitudes 
or high elevations.

Question: Today, there are only 2 continental glaciers: one on Greenland & one on this continent
Answer: Antarctica