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Glaciers are made up of fallen snow that over many, many years becomes compressed into thickened ice masses. When this becomes too heavy, gravity causes the ice to flow very slowly, and the action of the ice cuts out plains and hills whilst travelling, picking up all the rock and other material in its way. The power of the ice cuts out softer material and grinds on the harder stuff. And land is shaped in this way.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoGlaciers do not form hills, they carve out valleys by moving downhill and eroding the hills in various ways.
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How are outwash plains formed?
Outwash plains are formed by meltwater form glaciers.
What land form does the Midwest not have?
The landforms of the Earth are Valleys, Plateaus, Mountains, Plains, Hills, Loess, and Glaciers. Glacier(s) is the only landform not found in the Midwest.
What are the landforms for science?
Water,desert,plains,plagtos,mountains,glaciers
Were many lakes found in the interior plains created by glaciers in the past?
True.
What kind of glaciers form when ice and snow build up in a mountain valley?
'Alpine' glaciers form.
How are outwash plains formed?
Outwash plains are formed by meltwater form glaciers.
How did glaciers affect the interior plains?
Glaciers carried rocks that are foreign to the area
What is it about glaciers that can cause them to make plains?
Austin Lloyd
What can continental glaciers form?
Glaciers can form U shaped valleys.
What land form does the Midwest not have?
The landforms of the Earth are Valleys, Plateaus, Mountains, Plains, Hills, Loess, and Glaciers. Glacier(s) is the only landform not found in the Midwest.
What are the landforms for science?
Water,desert,plains,plagtos,mountains,glaciers
When can glaciers form?
Glaciers form when the rate of snow fall exceeds the rate of melting.
What is a long hill formed by material carried by glaciers?
Eskers
Were many lakes found in the interior plains created by glaciers in the past?
True.
Glaciers can only form when?
Glaciers form when the rate of snow fall exceeds the rate of melting.
What kind of glaciers form when ice and snow build up in a mountain valley?
'Alpine' glaciers form.
What is Long narrow glaciers that form between mountains?
Valley Glaciers!
