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- Continental glaciers, valley glaciers, moraines, valleys, lakes.
- Canyons and lakes.
- Glaciers cause the formation of moraines and eskers. They also deposit glacial erratics.
- A glacier can create water-forms such as rivers, and even oceans if they travel so far that they melt and they turn into water forms.
- U-shaped valleys, truncated spurs, pyramidal peaks, corries and ribbon lakes.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoSome of the landforms caused by glaciers include the following:
- hanging valleys
- cirques (bowl shaped depressions)
- horns (pyramid-like peaks)
- aretes (narrow serrated ridges)
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∙ 14y agoA moraine is a glacially caused land form of unconsolidated, unsorted, glacial debris.
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∙ 11y agomoraines
glaciers form valleys and lakes because the cause of erosion
water
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How much of the earths land surface is permanently covered by snow and ice?
About 10.4% of the world's land surface (approximately 6,020,000 square miles (15,600,000 square kilometers))is glaciated (is covered with frozen ice).
True or false When a glacier is retreating the upstream ice is still moving forward toward the downstream terminus of the glacier?
A retreating glacier is one that is diminishing more in length that its upper supply regions can compete with. The snout of the glacier is retreating, but the main body of the glacier is still moving forwards. If this situation continues, the glacier will disappear.
What is the front of a glacier called?
The Snout is one name for it.
What is snow called that lasts from one year to the next?
That is the description of a glacier.
What is the difference between land degradation and soil erosion?
Land degradation is the land that is being degraded in some form that is negative. Soil erosion is when rock and soil is removed from one location of land to another.
How much of the earths land surface is permanently covered by snow and ice?
About 10.4% of the world's land surface (approximately 6,020,000 square miles (15,600,000 square kilometers))is glaciated (is covered with frozen ice).
Are there train tours in Glacier National Park?
Amtrak takes passengers very close to Glacier National Park, but does not enter the Park itself. After coming to West Glacier, one must tour the park via a different form of transport.
Which glacial landforms require more than one glacier to form?
aretes,hanging valleys,horns,and drumlins
Glacier in Washington?
One of the many on Rainier is Fryingpan Glacier.
What are one example of Glacier?
Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina.
How one form of land transforms into another form of land?
it forms into anoter land by natural disasters and weathering
What is a large area of land with one land form?
Antarctica
How do glacial form?
Glacial erratics aren't exactly formed. They were deposited by glaciers that were moving in that area at one time. improved= Glacial erratics are exactly formed. Because a glacier is so heavy, the glacier can pluck large rocks as the glacier moves. When the rock is too heavy for the glacier to hold, or the glacier is retreating, it then deposits the rock in a place where it wouldn't usually be found. This is what an erratic is. A large piece of rock in an unusual surrounding. i hope this helps :)
What is one land form in France?
Forest
Is st johns glacier a proper noun?
Yes it is. It is the name of one specific glacier.
In what ocean do glaciers form?
Glaciers do not form in oceans. Glaciers form on land. Sometimes the flow onto ocean in the form of ice shelves or ice bergs, but they still formed on land. Closer to the equator, they only form on mountains. They form when one year's snow does not melt during the summer. When the next year's snow falls on that, the snow underneath turns to ice. Gradually, the ice builds up. The pressure on top can make the bottom layer melt. The earth's heat can make the bottom layer melt. Melt water from the top layer melting can make the bottom layer slide. The weight of the glacier can make the glacier move. A lot of glaciers are always in motion. During warmer weather they melt more. During colder weather, they advance. In the Arctic Ocean, the salt water freezes during winter. That creates a polar ice cap. It is not a glacier. Parts of it are frozen all the time. For a period of about 3,000 years some 1,200 years ago and 500 years 2,000 years ago, there was no polar ice cap in summer. It was not a glacier.
What is alpine glaciers?
An alpine glacier is a glacier that FORMED on a mountain. It doesn't have to BE on a mountain, just formed on one.
