Is snow made from fresh water?

Answer 1

I should think it would be made of salt water since the icebergs I have heard of are all in the ocean. They are pure water as they are created from glaciers and since glacier ice is formed from falling snow and snow results from condensed water vapor in the atmosphere, the water from icebergs is quite pure.

Answer 2

For the most part icebergs are fresh water. The reason is that when ice

freezes slowly enough to not trap salt water inclusions, the complex crystal

structure of ice

does not provide any space for the salt to become incorporated into the

crystal structure.

Answer 3

No, icebergs are pure water with very few contaminants. The salt is left behind when the water freezes. Are icebergs salty? No. Icebergs are comprised of pure fresh water. There may be some dust embedded in the ice and salt water may be on the surface but it does not penetrate the ice. Iceberg ice is quite safe to consume. from: http://www.wordplay.com/tourism/icebergs/

Answer 4

An iceberg, if melted, would be fresh water, or at least much less salty than seawater. There are a couple of reasons for this: * Icebergs tend to break off from glaciers as they reach the sea, and glaciers start out as precipitation (that is, fresh water). * Fresh water freezes at a higher temperature than salt water, so when freshwater ice contacts seawater, what happens is that some of the water component of the seawater freezes and the remaining seawater gets very slightly more salty.

Answer 5

True icebergs are galcier fragments that have fallen into the sea. Glaciers are made of compacted snow, which is fresh water.

Answer 6

Yes, glaciers and icebergs are both made of fresh water. Glaciers are ultimately formed from snow and icebergs are fragments of glaciers that have broken off.

Answer 7

fresh water