Climate of Antarctica
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climate-of-antarctica-180-11838673
title:
Climate of Antarctica
text:
The climate of Antarctica is the coldest on Earth. The continent is also extremely dry, averaging 166 mm (6.5 in) of precipitation per year. Snow rarely melts on most parts of the continent, and, after being compressed, becomes the glacier ice that makes up the ice sheet. Weather fronts rarely penetrate far into the continent, because of the katabatic winds. Most of Antarctica has an ice-cap climate with extremely cold and dry weather.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Antarctica
date created:
2003-02-06T09:59:28Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T14:47:33Z
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