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What formed when rock material is dropped at the front of a glacier?
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What moraines form when rock material is dropped at the front of a glacier?
terminal moranies
What moraines forms when rock material is dropped at the front of the glacier?
terminal moranies
What moraines are ridges of rock debris formed in front of a moving glacier.?
Ridges of rock debris that form in front of a glacier are called terminal moraines at the point that the glacier stops moving ahead.
What is a line of low hills formed by rock pushed at the front of a glacier?
A moraine.
Where are moraines found?
A moraine is a unsorted deposit of material left behind at the head (the front of a Glacier
What is a glacier snout?
a glacier snout is the front of the glacier :)
These moraines are ridges of rock debris formed along the sides of a moving glacier?
Terminal moraines or terminal
What is the loaction of the front of a glacier?
The leading edge of a glacier.
Under what circumstances will the front of a glacier advance?
A glacier is always moving forward (downhill). In the winter, the glacier usually isn't melting and its front edge (or "toe") will advance downhill. In the summer, the toe of the glacier usually melts faster than the glacier is moving forward, causing the front edge of the glacier to recede. If the recession in the summer is greater than the advance in the winter, then the glacier as a whole is receding and will eventually disappear. That is what is currently happening to most of the glaciers in North America and many other places around the world.
How are moraines formed?
Moraines form when a glacier moves down a mountain until it reaches temperatures warm enough to melt. As the ice melts, it deposits sediment. This sediment form ridges called moraines. Sources: My earth science book.
What is the front of a glacier?
to find
When a glacier stops moving forward what will be deposited in front of it?
When a glacier stops moving and end moraine will be deposited in front of it.
