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Glaciers on average only move a few inches per day. Some don't move at all. The Jakobshavn Isbræ glacier in Greenland moves 20 to 30 meters a day, while the Byrd Glacier in Antarctica, the biggest in the world, moves 2 - 3 meters a day. Some may move more quickly if they are affected by seismic invents that may happen near its location.
As a guess, about a foot. Some glaciers that are closer to being flat may move less than that. Some glaciers that are steeper naturally move faster. There is a glacier in the bay near Tierro del Fuego (just north of Antarctica) that is moving many yards in a year, or more. This is the result of it being more cold at the glacier's top resulting in more ice buildup from rain/snow.
there are no slow moving photons, they move at speed of light.
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Gravity can move rocks down. Moving water is good at moving rocks, particularly floods where the water is moving violently. A favorite is glaciation. A glacier can move a rock the size of a building across the landscape. Not very fast, but a long way.
The glacier can carry rocks. The moving of the glacier.
Because of the water moving in that turns to ice which acts like a glacier, which then moves the stones.
Glaciers on average only move a few inches per day. Some don't move at all. The Jakobshavn Isbræ glacier in Greenland moves 20 to 30 meters a day, while the Byrd Glacier in Antarctica, the biggest in the world, moves 2 - 3 meters a day. Some may move more quickly if they are affected by seismic invents that may happen near its location.
As a guess, about a foot. Some glaciers that are closer to being flat may move less than that. Some glaciers that are steeper naturally move faster. There is a glacier in the bay near Tierro del Fuego (just north of Antarctica) that is moving many yards in a year, or more. This is the result of it being more cold at the glacier's top resulting in more ice buildup from rain/snow.
there are no slow moving photons, they move at speed of light.
Also called ice sheets, they can be called glaciers or continental ice masses. While glaciers, by definition, have to be moving- albeit VERY slowly- ice sheets can just lay there until they move, which could classify them as a glacier.
About 2.1 kilometers per second