2006-10-24 11:08:46 · 14 answers · asked by Missi 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
None to speak of, although there are small areas of running water at the feet of some coastal glaciers.
2006-10-24 11:12:06 · answer #1 · answered by Keith P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes there are rivers in Antarctica. They are under the huge ice sheets, and flow sporatically (i just saw a lecture of some dude that studies this exact phenomenon). There are also lakes under the ice, into which the rivers flow.
2006-10-24 18:11:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the strict sense, no. Not all of Antarctica is glaciated, and consequent, in the Southern Hemispheric summer, you do get streams of meltwater.
In geologic time, the continent indeed had rivers.
2006-10-24 18:17:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, one; the Wright River in the Dry Valleys, in the Ross Dependency south of New Zealand. It flows for a few weeks in the summer. It's only a few cm. deep.
2006-10-24 18:13:00 · answer #4 · answered by zee_prime 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, because i guess you could call antarctica a desert since it fits the definition of a desert...and in desert, normally there aren't any rivers. everything is frozen there anyways.
2006-10-24 19:17:19 · answer #5 · answered by chococat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are certainly creeks of melting glaciers in the summer time.
2006-10-24 21:12:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
only if you consider a glacier a river
2006-10-24 18:17:45 · answer #7 · answered by Wayne A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope
2006-10-24 18:16:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
One, called the Onyx. It is 40km long, and flows for just a few weeks in the summer.
2006-10-24 18:12:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no, antarctica is ALWAYS frozen... no water, no rivers, just ice.
2006-10-24 18:12:17 · answer #10 · answered by ichigo_li2 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋