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They can be:
Cirques, bowl-shaped depressions where glacial ice cuts back into the mountain walls.
Horns, sharp, pyramid-like peaks that form when three or more alpine glaciers carve a mountain.
Arête, a jagged ridges that form between two or more cirques that cut into the same mountain.Also U-shaped valleys and Hanging Valleys.
What else can I help you with?
Is a glacier land or water?
A glacier is a mass of ice that forms on land. It is created from the accumulation and compaction of snow over many years.
What are 3 landforms created by glacier?
a glacier is ice. ice forms a landform called a mouth of a river
What is a thick ice mass that forms over the land from the accumulation compaction and recrystallization of snow is a?
Glacier.
What will a glacier do to the land it covers?
Break away the rock. Just like how the Grand Canyon was created.
Why is ice in a glacier considered to be a mineral but but what forms a glacier is not?
Ice in a glacier is considered a mineral because it has a crystalline structure and forms through natural processes, meeting the criteria to be classified as a mineral. However, the material that forms a glacier, such as snow, does not have a defined crystal structure and does not meet the criteria to be classified as a mineral.
Is a moraine a result of erosion or deposition?
A moraine is a landform created by deposition, not erosion. It forms when a glacier deposits rocks, soil, and other materials it carries as it moves and melts. This material accumulates at the glacier's edges and forms a ridge or mound.
When was Glacier Institute created?
Glacier Institute was created in 1983.
When was Glacier Rat created?
Glacier Rat was created in 1949.
When was The Great Glacier created?
The Great Glacier was created in 1992.
When was Worthington Glacier created?
Worthington Glacier was created in 1968.
How are land forms created?
By soil erosion
What process Do glacier erode the land?
When a glacier melts, it deposits the sediment it eroded from the land, creating various landforms.
