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They move at centimeters per year.
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.
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They move at centimeters per year.
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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.
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All glaciers in the northwest territories move, on average, about 50 ft. per day.
the plates move over time . they move 10cm (4in) a year however over millions of years they move thousands of kilometers . this is plates tections
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If it takes 100 000 years for a plate to move about 14 kilometers, the rate of the plate motion is 0.00014 km/year.
A temperate glacier remains at melting point from surface to base throughout the year. A polar glacier always remains below freezing point.