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Glaciers entering the sea and separating into smaller segments of ice.
D'angelo Gottlieb
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∙ 15y agoa large thick mass that floats on water and then melts when it is hot out side
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What is the definition of glaciers calving?
Glaciers entering the sea and separating into smaller segments of ice.
What is the definition of cryosphere?
It ice, or glaciers in cold places were it snows. Example: Snowy mountains have cryosphere.
What is the definition of kettle in earth science?
a kettle lake is a lake made by glaciers when they passed through.
What is the process that the rocks dragged by glaciers produce grooves and scratches in bedrock is this the definition?
By the passing by of a glacier.
What is a thick sheet of moving ice?
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.
How are glaciers made?
by water freezing into a block of ice called a glacier.
What the 2 most common kinds of glaciers?
There are 2 main types of glaciers, Continental is one, they float away from central regions. The second is alpine or valley which are the glaciers that flow down the valley from the mountain.
What are two kinds of glaciers and how are they different?
The two different glaciers are valley and continental glaciers and they are different because continental glaciers are the largest, and valley glaciers are on the top of mountain peaks.
What planet has glaciers?
Earth has Glaciers
How is a continental and valley glaciers the same?
Continental glaciers are thicker and larger. Valley glaciers are formed on mountains; continental glaciers are formed on flat land.
What are glaciers formed in mountains called?
Cirque glaciers.
What are the different types of glaciers?
Ice Sheets Ice Shelves Ice Caps Ice Streams/Outlet Glaciers Icefields Mountain Glaciers Valley Glaciers Piedmont Glaciers Cirque Glaciers Hanging Glaciers Tidewater Glaciers
