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Where is Harvard glacier?
The Harvard Glacier is a large tidewater glacier in the Alaska's Prince William Sound.The glacier has a 1.5-mile (2 km) wide face where it calves into the College Fjord. It is 300 ft thick and covers 120,000 acres of Chugach National Forest.The Harvard Glacier is the second largest glacier in the Prince William Sound, after the Columbia Glacier.It is a popular destination of cruise ships in the Prince William Sound.
What is constructive and destructive in taku glacier Alaska?
The Taku Glacier in Alaska is constructive because it helps to form new rivers and promotes the state's tourism industry. It can be destructive because if too big a piece calves it can destroy habitat and buildings.
What does supraglaciation mean?
On the surface of a glacier :)
What is a glacier snout?
a glacier snout is the front of the glacier :)
What is a growing glacier different from a melting glacier?
A melting glacier gets smaller, but a growing glacier gets bigger.
What does it mean when they say ' a iceberg has carvled?
I think you mean, "An iceberg has been calved." This means that, as a glacier moves into the waters of a sea or inlet, large chunks of ice, or icebergs, split off from the glacier and fall into the water. The glacier "calves" icebergs; the reference is to a cow giving birth to a calf.
Where is Harvard glacier?
The Harvard Glacier is a large tidewater glacier in the Alaska's Prince William Sound.The glacier has a 1.5-mile (2 km) wide face where it calves into the College Fjord. It is 300 ft thick and covers 120,000 acres of Chugach National Forest.The Harvard Glacier is the second largest glacier in the Prince William Sound, after the Columbia Glacier.It is a popular destination of cruise ships in the Prince William Sound.
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 is constructive and destructive in taku glacier Alaska?
The Taku Glacier in Alaska is constructive because it helps to form new rivers and promotes the state's tourism industry. It can be destructive because if too big a piece calves it can destroy habitat and buildings.
Is the Yellowstone National Park still the home of glacier?
i think that you mean Geyser, and yes it would be, if you really mean glacier, no.
What does supraglaciation mean?
On the surface of a glacier :)
2 What does it mean to say a glacier is retreating?
The glacier is melting faster than it is sliding down the valley.
What does Eyjafallajokul mean?
It means island-mountains glacier.
What does seth mean?
The Bearer of Amazing Calves
Does pointe cause your thighs and calves to thicken?
Not thicken, but you will get lovely long muscles on your thighs and calves. THis gives you a toned look, not a fat one if that is what you mean.
What are some names of glaciers in Washington?
* Fryingpan Glacier * Nisqually Glacier * Paradise Glacier * Pyramid Glacier * Puyallup Glacier * South Tahoma Glacier * Tahoma Glacier * Success Glacier * Sarvent Glacier
What does lowed of cow mean?
Cows Lowe for there calves which means they moo in short burst four or five times in a row to let there calves know there location.
