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Dunes and moraines are two hilly landforms created by erosion.
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What is an upward rebounding of a coastline due to the melting of glacial ice called?
Glacial isostasy.
How is balanced rock formed?
Balancing rocks are formed when a large rock or boulder rests on top of another rock, bedrock or on a glacial till. They are also called precarious boulders.
What are large deposits of boulders called?
The debris of boulders eroded and carried down by glaciers will eventually form moraines (mounds) where the front of the glacier melts and retreats, leaving the debris behind. Moraines can be high and wide enough to form a dam, behind which glacial melt water is trapped and lakes are formed.
What is a rock that is moved by a glacier?
It is called a glacial erratic.
What is the process that break down rock called?
Weathering or erosion.
Which type of erosion is caused by moving masses of ice?
The type of erosion that is caused by moving masses of ice is called glacial erosion.
Which type of erosion is causing by moving masses of ice?
The type of erosion that is caused by moving masses of ice is called glacial erosion.
When particles moved by the wind water or glacial ice act as sandpaper and dislodge small other small particles is called what?
Erosion
What is it called when glaciers pick up large rocks and carry them away?
It could be two things, either plucking, a form of glacial erosion where weak rock is moved or erratics, which is a form of glacial deposition in which rocks, even car size, are transported by glacial ice into a region with different bedrock.
What is sheared sheep fleece called?
wool
What is the movement of glacial ice called?
[Glacial] flow
What is a glacial inlet?
Glacial inlet is called a fiord.
Which is a landscape feature created by glacial deposits?
horns, cirques, Ushaped valleys, and glacial lakes. Glacial erratics if your doing it for
What is an upward rebounding of a coastline due to the melting of glacial ice called?
Glacial isostasy.
How is balanced rock formed?
Balancing rocks are formed when a large rock or boulder rests on top of another rock, bedrock or on a glacial till. They are also called precarious boulders.
A glacial deposit that is sorted and layered by streams or melt water is called?
a glacial deposit that is sorted and layered by streams or melted water is called
What is it called when erosion happens?
erosion
