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Can rivers and lakes be made from glaciers?
Not at all. Many rivers have their sources in springs, lakes, or simply from rainfall.
What effects did glaciers have on Canada?
The effects of the mountain glaciers on Canada included beautiful formation of distinctive features such as cirques, icebergs, and deep gorges.
How thick can a glaciers?
A glacier can become many miles in width.
Why do crevasses form on the surface of glaciers?
A crevasse is a large fissure, or crack, in something although it is usually applied to a glacier.
Do valley glaciers exist?
Yes, for over thousands of years snow, ice and glaciers have been slowly moving. In the process they make a deep valley or gorge from all the erosion.
What is a deep inlet of the sea carved by melting glaciers called.?
fjord
What are Fjord Glaciers characterized by?
Carved deep U-shaped valleys distinguish fjord glaciers. The valleys also extend below sea level and are flooded by the ocean.
Can rivers and lakes be made from glaciers?
Not at all. Many rivers have their sources in springs, lakes, or simply from rainfall.
What forces shaped the land of the western hemisphere?
The glaciers and the erosion. It is glaciers and erosion because as glaciers move, they smoothed the rough surfaces, carved deep valleys, and piled up rocks and dirt. In some places, glaciers left behind rich oil. Erosion is the process by which water and wind wear away land. Flowing water can even carve a path through stones over a long period. Overtime, the soil carried by rivers can fill valleys and create plains. Wind causes erosion as it blows bits of stone and earth from the surface of landforms. The combined of wind and water have carved natural bridges, steep cliffs, and deep valleys.
What is the name of a deep sea inlet?
Fjord
A deep ditch carved by water?
Canyon
A deep ditch carved over time by running water is called what?
A deep ditch carved over time by running water is called a ravine.
WHAT ARE FJORDS . WHERE WILL YOU FIND THEM?
A fjord is formed by glaciers that moved toward the sea during the ice age. They dug deep valleys into granite and now they are filled with water. Fjords can be found in Norway.
What is a deep valley carved by a river called?
Canyon or a Gorge
What is a deep ditch carved overtime by running water?
A canion.
Why do continental glaciers smooth the landscape and alpine glaciers create ragged landscape?
I only know that alpine glaciers can carve deep u-shaped valleys in the mountains.
Why is Lake Sebago in Maine so deep?
lake sebago is <2000 metres deep.
