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Cryosphere

The cryosphere is the frozen water on Earth. Some examples are : permanetly frozen ground, ice sheets, and ice caps. The cryosphere protects the Earth from getting too warm and it is important to the global climate system. 5 parts of the cryosphere: -Glaciers -Ice shelves -Permafrost -Sea ice -Snow The hydrosphere is the water part of the Earth.The cryosphere is the ice part. They both can come from clouds as well.
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