ice-capped
Example Sentences
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This area, called the Western Slope, is effectively cleaved off from the rest of Colorado - the ice-capped mountains acting as both an ideological and physical barrier.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2022
If plumes exist to spray ocean water onto the moon’s surface and into space, as they do on Saturn’s moon Enceladus, it would make studying the prospects of life in the ice-capped ocean enormously easier.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 26, 2016
The Pacific Northwest's turbulent skies, gelid waters, fir-dark foothills and ice-capped volcanoes are an indelible part of his vision, too.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2010
Those who make their homes near the Cordillera Blanca, the ice-capped “white range” that looms above Huaraz, have always recognized this risk.
From Washington Post
The cold does not detract from the area’s beauty: Tiwanaku sits in the middle of a plain ringed by ice-capped mountains.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
