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What is a confined glacier?
A confined glacier is a glacier that is confined by topography. For example, a glacier that forms on a mountain. Continental glaciers, by contrast, are not affected. The glaciers on Antarctica and Greenland are continental glaciers. The glaciers at Glacier Bay National Park, or on a mountain are confined glaciers.
What is an example of a glacier moving boulder?
An erratic block.
Glacier in Washington?
One of the many on Rainier is Fryingpan Glacier.
A glacier scraping sediment and rock from the sides of a mountain is an example of?
Erosion.
Is st johns glacier a proper noun?
Yes it is. It is the name of one specific glacier.
Material moves in one large mass?
A lot of different things move in one large mass. One common example is a glacier, a large mass of ice that moves as one unit.
Why is Glacier Bay Alaska an example of how ecosystems change over time?
because it is
Can a glacier create a narrow valley?
Yes. An example is Yosemite National Park.
What is alpine glaciers?
An alpine glacier is a glacier that FORMED on a mountain. It doesn't have to BE on a mountain, just formed on one.
What are some names of glaciers in Washington?
* Fryingpan Glacier * Nisqually Glacier * Paradise Glacier * Pyramid Glacier * Puyallup Glacier * South Tahoma Glacier * Tahoma Glacier * Success Glacier * Sarvent Glacier
True or false When a glacier is retreating the upstream ice is still moving forward toward the downstream terminus of the glacier?
A retreating glacier is one that is diminishing more in length that its upper supply regions can compete with. The snout of the glacier is retreating, but the main body of the glacier is still moving forwards. If this situation continues, the glacier will disappear.
What solid layers can flow?
A glacier is an example of a solid that flows, albeit very slowly.
