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spacedaily.com > sd-we-tend-to-picture-glaciers-as-slow-rivers-of-frozen-water-but-the-byrd-glacier-in-antarctica-drains-an-area-larger-than-california-through-a-gap-in-the-transantarctic-mountains-at-up-to-800-metres

We tend to picture glaciers as slow rivers of frozen water, but the Byrd Glacier in Antarctica drains an area larger than California through a gap in the Transantarctic Mountains at up to 800 metres a year, dragging enough ice to raise global sea level measurably if it ever fully released

4+ week, 9+ hour ago   (1121+ words) Byrd Glacier drains an East Antarctic catchment larger than California through a 24-kilometre gap in the Transantarctic Mountains, moving at up to 800 metres a year — and its behaviour is set by a bedrock trough carved before the dinosaurs. By Life…...