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A crevasse is a large crack in a glacier.
Justine Wiegand
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∙ 9y agoA large crack in a glacier is called a crevasse. If a crevasse gets big enough, then the glacier could break apart.
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∙ 9y agoThe large, deep cracks in a glacier's surface are called crevices.
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∙ 11y agoA large crack in a glacier is a crevasse.
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∙ 14y agoThese are known as crevasses.
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What is a large mass of snow and ice that moves slowly over land?
Any large mass of ice that moves slowly over ice is called a glacier.
What do you call large bodies of frozen water?
On land a large body of permanent ice is a glacier; in the water this is an iceberg.
What does calving mean in relation to glaciers?
Usually a variety of things - a combination of melting from below due to being submerged in water, melting from above, and a weak point for the whole thing to crack off. Gravity takes it from there.
What do you call the tip of a glacier?
Point?
What is continental glacier?
A continental glacier is a glacier that spreads out from a central mass of ice.Hope this helps.Answer 2:A continental glacier is a an ice sheet covering much of a continent
What is a bergschrund?
A bergschrund is a large crack or crevasse in a glacier where the glacier is pulling away from the mountain.
What is a large crack that forms where a glacier picks up speed or flows over a high point called?
The answer is Crevasse.
A large crack that forms where a glacier picks up speed or flows over a high point?
its called a crevasse
What A crack in the surface of a glacier is called a?
Crevasse! :)
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.
What is the deep crack in the surface of a glacier called?
Crevasse! :)
What is a large mass of snow and ice that moves slowly over land?
Any large mass of ice that moves slowly over ice is called a glacier.
What is a crack that forms when a glacier picks up speed called?
A crevasse.
What is crevasse and how does it form?
A crevasse is a deep open crack in a glacier. It is formed when a magma chamber under a glacier causes melting and cracking and causes the glacier to slide into the ocean on the magma
What do you call large bodies of frozen water?
On land a large body of permanent ice is a glacier; in the water this is an iceberg.
What describes a crevasse?
What best to describes a crevasse is a crack in the topmost section of a glacier.
Does a valley glacier spread out over a large island or continent?
No. This is a continental glacier. A valley glacier is a glacier found on high mountains.
