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What is a glacial tarn?
A tarn is a small, steep-banked mountain lake, formed when a glacier advancing down a slope scoops material out of the ground in a "cirque" at the base of the slope. (Essentially, it continues downward into the ground before moving horizontally again.) When the glacier melts, the depression can fill with water, and is refilled by melting snow unless it becomes filled by silt.
What two conditions are needed for a glacier to form?
More snow must fall than melts; and buildup must occur in a flat or relatively low slope area
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.
Is slump a glacier?
No. A glaciers is a slowly flowing mass of ice. A slump is a form of mass wasting in which a mass of rock or sediment breaks loose from a slope and moves relatively slowly downhill as a coherent mass.
Where does river brahmaputra starts?
Angse Glacier in Northern Slope of Himalaya Range.
Is a glacier a proper noun?
Yes it is. It is the name of one specific glacier.
What is the pressure causing ice layers to slid over each other called?
Basal slip occurs when the glacier rests on a slope. Pressure causes a small amount of ice at the bottom of the glacier to melt, creating a thin layer of water. This reduces friction enough that the glacier can slide down the slope. Loose soil underneath a glacier can also cause basal slip.
Why does Rainier's Glacier move down the mountain?
Any glacier moves down a mountain or other slope because of the influence of gravity overcoming the influence of friction.
What is a large mass of water covered in ice and snow that moves slowly down a slope?
a glacier
What is the difference a glacier and an iceberg?
A glacier is on land, moving down-slope like a frozen river. When it meets the sea, it breaks off in pieces, "calving" icebergs, which float in the ocean.
A glacier will begin to flow when it reaches what critical thickness?
Slope and temperature play a very important role here, the steeper the slope and the higher the temperature, the easier the glacies flows. That being said, a glacier typically starts to flow when it reaches a thickness of between say 50 and 200 meters, depending on slope and temperature. The speed at which it flows is then several meters per year to several tens of meters per year, again depending on slope and temperature.
Why are there no Piedmont glaciers to be fond in Anchorage Alaska?
The geography of the Anchroage area won't support a Piedmont glacier. This glacier (the Piedmont glacier) is characterized by large stagnant ice sheets where a glacier or glaciers "doesn't/don't have anywhere to go" for lack of an outlet. All the areas around Anchroage, Alaska slope down to the sea. There is no place for the ice of a Piedmont glacier to "build up" for lack of a way to "break out" or to "get stopped" to form this glacier.
How are glaciers like rain?
Essentially yes, a glacier flows just like a river, its made of water (admittedly frozen) just like a river.ice builds up a slope thick slops move faster then than thin slopes the steeper the slope the the fasterAddtional answerThe glacier simply slides down the slope.
What is a glacial tarn?
A tarn is a small, steep-banked mountain lake, formed when a glacier advancing down a slope scoops material out of the ground in a "cirque" at the base of the slope. (Essentially, it continues downward into the ground before moving horizontally again.) When the glacier melts, the depression can fill with water, and is refilled by melting snow unless it becomes filled by silt.
What two conditions are needed for a glacier to form?
More snow must fall than melts; and buildup must occur in a flat or relatively low slope area
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
