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Did glaciers carve basins that filled with water to create lakes?
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Which physical effects do glaciers leave on land?
Carve away land, Basins and lakes, Islands made out of sand
Why do continental glaciers smooth the landscape and alpine glaciers create ragged landscape?
I only know that alpine glaciers can carve deep u-shaped valleys in the mountains.
Masses of moving ice that carve landscapes are called?
Glaciers
How can movement of glaciers cause lakes to form?
As glaciers move, they can carve out deep depressions in the land called cirques. When the glacier retreats or melts, these cirques can become filled with water, forming lakes. Glaciers can also create moraines, which are piles of debris that dam up valleys, creating lakes behind them.
How is a you shaped valley made?
glaciers carve u shaped valleys. ----
How are glaciers landscapes different from landscapes formed by water?
water cuts V-shaped valleys; glaciers carve out valley's that are U-shaped
What feature is able to to carve new geologic features like mountains and valleys?
Glaciers
Was Lake Erie a glacier?
No, Lake Erie is a glacial lake. That means over thousands of years, glaciers approached and receded across what is now Canada and now the US. The friction of ice moving across the land carved out 5 basins. At first, the basins were small and filled with rain water and water that melted as the glaciers receded. The basins got bigger and deeper over those thousands of years. We now call those basins The Great Lakes, one of which is Lake Erie. By the way, a lake can never be a glacier, just as a glacier can never be a lake. But glaciers can carve out deep holes where lakes can form. Lake Erie averages a 62 foot depth, and 210 feet at it's deepest.
How do glaciers shapes earths surface?
Glaciers carve out vallys and lakes. They will pick up sediment and move it to other places.
How are glaciers involved in land formations?
Glaciers can carve out valleys and create u-shaped valleys through the process of glacial erosion. As glaciers move, they transport large amounts of sediment and rocks that accumulate at their edges, forming moraines. When glaciers retreat, they leave behind depressions that can fill with water, creating lakes.
How did the glaciers function in Yosemite?
Glaciers in Yosemite National Park helped carve Yosemite Valley. There are currently two glaciers in Yosemite, both of which are retreating. The two are called Lyell Glacier and Maclure Glacier.
What are three ways glaciers can effect the surface of the earth?
The main impact that melting glaciers have is that the sea level rises. If all the glaciers in the world melt, the rise in sea level will be very substantial and will cause massive flooding of coastal regions. That would cause a very big impact.
