ice field vs ice floe

ice field

noun
  • A large expanse of floating ice (several miles long). 

  • A network of interconnected glaciers or ice streams having a common source. 

ice floe

noun
  • A flat mass of floating ice, smaller than an ice field. 

  • An ice dam (ice jam), a blockage of ice in a river starting with an ice floe in the river. 

  • Any type of sea ice not attached to land, drift ice. 

  • An ice stream (ice flow), a type of fast moving glacier 

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