Passage: Shi ne na biyu mafi girma kankara jiki a duniya, bayan Antarctic kankara sheet. The kankara sheet ne kusan 2,400 kilomita (1,500 mi) dogon a cikin arewa-to-kudu shugabanci, da kuma ta fi girma nisa ne 1,100 kilomita (680 mi) a latitude na 77 ° N, kusa da arewacin gefe. The talakawan tsawo na kankara ne 2,135 mita (7,005 ft). A kauri ne kullum fiye da 2 km (1.2 mi) da kuma a kan 3 km (1.9 mi) a da thickest batu. Baya ga babban kankara sheet, ware glaciers da kuma kananan kankara iyakoki rufe tsakanin 76,000 da 100,000 square kilomita (29,000 da 39,000 sq mi) a kusa da kewaye. Idan dukan 2,850,000 cubic kilomita (684,000 cubic miles) na kankara da aka narke, zai kai ga duniya teku matakin tashi na kan 7,2 meters (24 m), daidai a yanzu a kan kan Greenland kankara sheet, wani lokacin kuma ake magana a kai a matsayin m m.
2,135 mita