Synonym of ice circle

Synonym of ice circle

A phenomenon that occurs on rivers during winter, where floating ice caught in an eddying flow will rotate around, knocking off its distant edges, forming a floating revolving circular disk, slowing turning under the influence of the underlying vortex current; when the temperature conditions are not too warm, leading to ice breakup and fragility, and not too cool, freezing over the entire surface.

plural of 3D IC

Pieces of drift ice swept down in a current.

covered with a layer of ice, e.g. water; frozen over

An icefloe.

plural of ice-float

An unusual feather-like form assumed by ice at the summits of mountains.

plural of ice feather