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How is erosion by glaciers an example of water shaping the landscape?
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∙ 13y ago
Glaciers are an example of water shaping because it's like when water is in a dip. When it's a dip or in the mountains big dip it in there then when it gets cold it freezes. When it freezes it makes a landscape. When you are thinking about glaciers though, glaciers are by snow. When snow falls into a v shaped valley and freezes from the coldness it creates a landscape. When the glacier is gone it makes a u shaped valley.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoGlaciers are largely made out of frozen water, or ice.
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Wind
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Erosion transportation and dispostion
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Wind
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