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Glaciers are extremely heavy and massive. Glaciers cover about 10 percent of the Earth's land area and store around 75 percent of the world's freshwater.
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What are two kinds of glaciers and how are they different?
The two different glaciers are valley and continental glaciers and they are different because continental glaciers are the largest, and valley glaciers are on the top of mountain peaks.
What planet has glaciers?
Earth has Glaciers
What are the different types of glaciers?
Ice Sheets Ice Shelves Ice Caps Ice Streams/Outlet Glaciers Icefields Mountain Glaciers Valley Glaciers Piedmont Glaciers Cirque Glaciers Hanging Glaciers Tidewater Glaciers
Why are glaciers slow?
glaciers are very big
The small glaciers that exist in high mountainous areas are called?
its not mountain glaciers but its valley glaciers
What the 2 most common kinds of glaciers?
There are 2 main types of glaciers, Continental is one, they float away from central regions. The second is alpine or valley which are the glaciers that flow down the valley from the mountain.
Maximum Sun light is reflected by ocean water than by glaciers?
sun light is reflacted more by ocean water because the water surface is smooth and shiny.
What are two kinds of glaciers and how are they different?
The two different glaciers are valley and continental glaciers and they are different because continental glaciers are the largest, and valley glaciers are on the top of mountain peaks.
How is a continental and valley glaciers the same?
Continental glaciers are thicker and larger. Valley glaciers are formed on mountains; continental glaciers are formed on flat land.
What planet has glaciers?
Earth has Glaciers
What are glaciers formed in mountains called?
Cirque glaciers.
What are the different types of glaciers?
Ice Sheets Ice Shelves Ice Caps Ice Streams/Outlet Glaciers Icefields Mountain Glaciers Valley Glaciers Piedmont Glaciers Cirque Glaciers Hanging Glaciers Tidewater Glaciers
How are continental and valley glaciers?
Continental glaciers are thicker and larger. Valley glaciers are formed on mountains; continental glaciers are formed on flat land.
How does glacier erosion affect the earth?
Glaciers have a high albedo: they reflect more of the Sun's light/heat back into space than bare soil. So their general effect would be cooling: the more glaciers, the larger the cooling effect.
What are the names of Irelands glaciers?
there are no glaciers in Ireland
Why are glaciers slow?
glaciers are very big
The small glaciers that exist in high mountainous areas are called?
its not mountain glaciers but its valley glaciers
