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separate patch of floating ice or flat sheet of unbroken pack ice, greater than 20 meters (22 yards) across.
ice floea cohesive sheet of ice floating in the water; the sea ice cover is made up of conglomerates of floes; ice floes are not unique to sea ice, as they also occur in rivers and lakes.
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1992. International Meteorological Vocabulary. Geneva, Switzerland: World Meteorological Organization.
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