How are the continental and alpine glaciers different?

Answer 1

Alpine glaciers, even though they move, are confined to mountain valleys, which in most instances had previously been a stream valley. Continental ice sheets exist on a much larger scale. These huge masses flow out in all directions from one or more centers of the land. They cover the entire continent, hence the name, and extend out toward the sea. Only two exist today: Greenland and Antarctica.

Answer 2

A contonental glacier gives the land a smoother appearance by eroding higher points on the land and filling in lower areas with the eroded material whereas the alpine glacier give mountains rugged, triangular peaks called horns.

Answer 3

By definition, continental ice sheets must cover at least 50,000 km2. Alpine valley glaciers are obviously considerably smaller than this, only typically covering one part of an individual mountain.

It's notable though that many discrete glaciers have been defined and studied which are part of a larger ice sheet, so they're not completely mutually exclusive.

Answer 4

Alpine glaciers form at high altitudes (e.g. the tops of mountains) and continental glaciers for at high latitudes (e.g. Antarctica and Greenland).

Answer 5

they are found usually in mountain tops. in colder places such as Antarctica, and Alaska.

Answer 6

They difference between them is where there flow. Continental glaciers are enormous ice sheets, and are found in Greenland and Antarctica. Alpine glaciers form in mountain valleys.

Answer 7

That continental glacier covers ice on the whole continent and alpine glacier covers the top of the mountain

Answer 8

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