What is NOT true about continental ice sheets?
A. Ice accumulates to great depths in the interior.
B. They project out over the sea as ice shelves.
C. Ice at the margins is thinner than in the interior.
D. The process of calving shapes ice shelves.
E. Ice does not flow or move like alpine glaciers.
E
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