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Why do glaciers cause erosion?
Glaciers cause erosion since they are in form of a block of snow which will melt and erode the land. This can be in form of abrasion, freeze-thaw or plucking.
Was Yosemite valley formed by wind?
No. Wind can cause some erosion, but it cannot form valleys. Yosemite valley was formed by glaciers.
Rivers glaciers wind and waves all can cause?
a. They can cause rocks to weather. b. They can cause the rock cycle to stop. c. They can cause volcanoes to erupt. d. They can cause metamorphic rocks to form.
How many ways an island can form?
Glaciers, volcanoes, and erosion, explosion, implosion.
How does glacier erosion occur?
Glaciers can cause erosion because they move, though they do so slowly. As they move, often only a few inches a year, they scrape away and can gouge out the land, and then leave behind morass, which can be made up of left behind bits of rock or whatever happened to be in the glacier.
Are valleys formed your erosion or weathering?
Erosion and weathering: Glaciers form 'U'-shaped valleys, while rivers form 'V'-shaped valleys.
2 things used to form Manitobas soil?
-Erosion of ancient mountainsMovement of it by glaciers
Is blowing winds a form of erosion?
No, blowing wind can cause erosion but is not, of itself, a form of erosion.
What are glaciers like?
Glaciers are big ice forms that form in really cold waters. They are like land except in ice form.
Which agent of erosion was primarily responsible for forming the long U-shaped valleys in the Finger Lakes region of New York State?
ICE in the form of glaciers.
Why don't glaciers form in Australia?
because austrailia has warm weather and warm weather does not cause glaciers to form
What will cause a U shaped valley to form?
glaciers
