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What is the difference between glacier erosion and glacial deposition?
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Glacier erosion is when the ground below the glacier is removed. Glacial deposition is when the debris (eroded ground) is left behind when a glacier melts and the face retreats.
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What is the difference between glacial erosion and glacial deposition?
They are opposites. Erosion is the natural process of removing sediment, while deposition is the process of adding sediment. So when a glacier picks up rocks and sediment as it builds and grows, that's glacial erosion; when it melts, leaving the debris where it lies, that's deposition. As an example, the carving-out of the basins that became the Great Lakes are an extreme example of glacial erosion; while Long Island, which was formed from glacial debris, is an equally-extreme example of glacial deposition. Say this answer is useful if u 💜 science.
What is the difference between glacier erosion and glacier deposition?
Glacier erosion is when the ground below the glacier is removed. Glacial deposition is when the debris (eroded ground) is left behind when a glacier melts and the face retreats.
Is a glacial lake a result of deposition or erosion?
erosion
What type of glaciers are there and how do they erode the land?
glacial deposition and glacial erosion
Is Glacial striations erosion or deposition?
Eroison
Explain the difference between erosion and deposition?
Glacial erosion is the process by which a glacial flows over the land, picking up rocks. Glacial deposition is the process by which a glacier gathers a huge amount of rock and soil as it Erodes the land in the path
What is the difference between glacial erosion and glacial deposition?
They are opposites. Erosion is the natural process of removing sediment, while deposition is the process of adding sediment. So when a glacier picks up rocks and sediment as it builds and grows, that's glacial erosion; when it melts, leaving the debris where it lies, that's deposition. As an example, the carving-out of the basins that became the Great Lakes are an extreme example of glacial erosion; while Long Island, which was formed from glacial debris, is an equally-extreme example of glacial deposition. Say this answer is useful if u 💜 science.
What is the difference between glacier erosion and glacier deposition?
Glacier erosion is when the ground below the glacier is removed. Glacial deposition is when the debris (eroded ground) is left behind when a glacier melts and the face retreats.
Is a glacial Lake a result of erosion or deposition?
erosion
Is a glacial lake a result of deposition or erosion?
erosion
What type of glaciers are there and how do they erode the land?
glacial deposition and glacial erosion
Is Glacial striations erosion or deposition?
Eroison
What is the difference between glacial erosion and water erosion?
Glacial erosion is caused by ice, while water erosion is caused by liquid water.
Are Glacial lakes a result of erosion or deposition?
erosion because the carry the rock particles ( i think don't trust me)
Is a cirque the result of erosion or deposition?
A cirque, also known as a Cwm or Corrie, is a feature of glacial erosion, formed in a mountainside.
Is a horn results of erosion or deposition?
Both. The horn itself may be the result of ancient sedimentary depositional processes, but glacial erosion contributes to its characteristic shape.
Is a drumlin caused by erosion?
A drumlin is a land-form from glacial deposition, which was once eroded. It is formed both by erosion and deposition. A drumlin is formed when moraine deposited by a retreating glacier is subsequently reshaped by the returning glacier the following year or after the glacial interval with caused the glacier to retreat in the first place.
