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Where can snow that falls as precipitation be stored as ice for thousands of years?

ARoof rain gutters
BPassing rain clouds
CFlowing river water
DIce caps and glaciers
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Correct answer: D. Ice caps and glaciers
1. Snow, hail and sleet can pile up instead of melting. 2. In ice caps and glaciers this frozen water is stored for thousands of years. 3. Clouds and rivers hold water only briefly. _Source: Wikipedia, Water cycle, Overall process_
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