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Q: What causes a glacier to begin to melt?
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How do the glacier move?

They melt and then slide


Why is the glacier melting a threat to water supplies?

The lower parts of glaciers melt and the water flows to fill the rivers downstream. If global warming causes the whole glacier to melt, then the rivers will lose their mountain supply and the lives of people downstream, who rely on water for living and agriculture will be threatened.


How does a continental glacier form?

Snow along a broad plateau does not melt, but compacts into a glacier.


Did a glacier melt in the great canyon?

no the Colorado river eroded out the grand canyon not a glacier


Why do glaciers melt?

why do glacier melt in himalaya


What is a glacial melt?

The water melting from a glacier is called the glacier melt. This water often supplies the water for some of the great rivers of the world, like the Ganges and the Yangtsee.


How can humans melt glacier?

this science project sucks omg


What is the temperature necessary for a glacier to melt?

A glacier is ice, which melts just above 0 Celsius or 32 Fahrenheit.


When new snow is added to a glacier faster than ice and snow melt does the glacier get larger or smaller?

Smaller


Which came first the snowfield or the glacier?

You need the snow to begin making a glacier.


What happen when glaciers melt a cirque?

What can happen when the glacier melts in a cirque


How does a glacier affect landscapes outside of its active perimeter?

Melt water