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What are 3 features created by alpine glaciers and how are they formed?
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What features is formed by glaciers and is shaped like an armchair?
CIRQUE
What California geologic features formed the result of erosin by glaciers?
San Andreas Fault
What are five landscapes features formed by alpine glaciers?
The bottom of alpine glaciers are rugged or rough, so they create a rugged landscape. They move because when the bottom of them melt, the water produced allows it to slide. (they typically move downhill) From a science book "Earth's Changing Surface" by Holt Science & Technology.
What are created when two valley glaciers join together?
Cirques are formed
What were the great lakes formed by?
They were created by an ice shelf or large glacier that gouged out the lakes during the last Ice age.
What five landscape features formed by alpine glaciers?
Do not
What are glaciers formed in mountains called?
Cirque glaciers.
What is alpine glaciers?
An alpine glacier is a glacier that FORMED on a mountain. It doesn't have to BE on a mountain, just formed on one.
What type of glaciers are sharp pyramid shaped and peaks formed by alpine glaciers?
horns
What are the 2 types of glacier erosien?
Glaciers are ice sheets. There are 2 kinds of glaciers: alpine glaciers and continental glaciers. Alpine glaciers are formed when valleys above the snow line fill with ice and snow. Snow is compacted and gradually begins to flow downhill due to gravity. -Cham11
What features is formed by glaciers and is shaped like an armchair?
CIRQUE
What California geologic features formed the result of erosin by glaciers?
San Andreas Fault
What are five landscapes features formed by alpine glaciers?
The bottom of alpine glaciers are rugged or rough, so they create a rugged landscape. They move because when the bottom of them melt, the water produced allows it to slide. (they typically move downhill) From a science book "Earth's Changing Surface" by Holt Science & Technology.
Where marshes formed when glaciers created depressions on the Earth's surface?
No
. Eskers are glacial features formed when .?
Steams flowing in tunnels beneath glaciers deposit sand and gravel
How did the ice age glaciers affect physical features of north America?
Glaciers changed the face of North America with the following effects:An ice sheet covered most of Canada.The southwest received heavy rains.
What are created when two valley glaciers join together?
Cirques are formed
