A translation, seen infrequently in earlier English-language literature, of 'inlandsis', an originally Danish word which is the word for ice sheet in several European languages.
An ice sheet of considerable thickness and an area of more than about 50,000 square kilometers (12.4 million acres), resting on rock; inland ice sheets near sea level may merge into ice shelves.
An ice sheet of considerable thickness and more than about 50,000 square km in area, resting on rock. Inland ice sheets near sea level may merge into ice shelves.
A circulation similar to a sea breeze, except not at a shore. The inland sea breeze is a very weak thermal circulation caused by temperature contrast between different land surfaces and is sometimes o
bserved between cool irrigated farm land and neighboring dry desert land. This phenomenon is observed only when the synoptic-scale winds are very light.
An inlet is a narrow body between islands or leading inland from a larger body of water, often leading to an enclosed body of water, such as a sound, bay, lagoon or marsh. In sea coasts an inlet usual
ly refers to the actual connection between a bay and the ocean and is often called an entrance.
Small indentation in the coastline usually tapering towards its head, cf, creek, but also applied to an arm of a bay or to a coastal embayment on the landward side of an ice shelf.