CRYOSPHERE

Domain	Definition
Mining	The part of the Earth's surface that is perennially frozen; the zone ofthe Earth where ice and frozen ground are formed. (references)
Science	One of the interrelated components of the Earth's system, the cryosphere is frozen water in the form of snow, permanently frozen ground (permafrost), floating ice, and glaciers. Fluctuations in the volume of the cryosphere cause changes in ocean sea-level, which directly impact the atmosphere and biosphere. (references)
Weather	The portion of the climate system consisting of the world's ice masses and snow deposits, which includes the continental ice sheets, mountain glaciers, sea ice, surface snow cover, and lake and river ice. Changes in snow cover on the land surfaces are by and large seasonal and closely tied to the mechanics of atmospheric circulation. The glaciers and ice sheets are closely related to the global hydrologic cycle and to variations of sea level and change in volume and extent over periods ranging from hundreds to millions of years. (references)
	The frozen part of the Earth's surface. The cryosphere includes the polar ice caps, continental ice sheets, mountain glaciers, sea ice, snow cover, lake and river ice, and permafrost. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Specialty Definition: Cryosphere

The cryosphere is frozen water in the form of snow, permanently frozen ground (permafrost), floating ice, and glaciers.

The cryosphere is one of the interrelated components of the Earth's (or similar planetary body) system. Fluctuations in the volume of the cryosphere cause changes in ocean sea-level, which directly impact the atmosphere, climate and biosphere.

Usage Frequency: CRYOSPHERE

"CRYOSPHERE" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CRYOSPHERE" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Frequency of Internet Keywords: CRYOSPHERE

Anagrams: CRYOSPHERE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-h-o-p-r-r-s-y"
	-1 letter: coryphees.
	-2 letters: coherers, coryphee, orphreys, perchers, prescore.
	-3 letters: cheeros, coherer, coheres, cyphers, echoers, orphrey, percher, perches, porches, preyers, rechose, reposer, rescore, sorcery.
	-4 letters: cheeps, cheero, cheers, cheery, cheesy, cherry, chores, cohere, copers, corers, corpse, cosher, creeps, creepy, creesh, crepes, crepey, crores, cypher, cypres, echoer, echoes, echoey, ephors, epochs, heresy, heroes, herpes, hopers, horsey, ochers.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-e-h-o-p-r-r-s-y"
	+2 letters: psychrometer.
	+3 letters: cryotherapies, honeycreepers, hyperreactors, psychrometers.
	+4 letters: hyperproducers, hypersecretion, petrochemistry, psychrometries.
	+5 letters: archaeopteryxes, hyperexcretions, hypersecretions, psychosurgeries.
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