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What is a moraine made of and how those it get somewhere?
Moraine is the accumulation of rock and detritus on the surface of the glacier. When the glacier retreats or melts, this material is left behind, and may be recognized by its 'unsorted' nature, and the high proportion of clay particles. It may also have large boulders, which are rounded at the corners only.
What does a glacier deposit as it recedes?
The glacier deposits water as it recedes because when a glacier melts it makes more water. See a glacier is made up of frozen water so when it melts it creates more water.
Is glacier a solid?
A glacier is made up of ice, a solid, but the ice flows, melts, and recrystallizes regularly.
How are U shaped valleys created?
U-shaped valleys are primarily formed by glacial erosion. As a glacier moves downhill, it erodes the sides and bottom of the valley through a combination of abrasion and plucking. Over time, the glacier carves out a wide and deep U-shaped valley, often leaving behind steep cliffs and a flat valley floor.
How are glaciers made?
by water freezing into a block of ice called a glacier.
Was the great salt lake formed by a glacier?
yes from the cintinental period a glacier swept acrost and made a hole and the glacier melted and formed the salt lakes
How does ice erosion effect glaciers?
Glaciers consist of ice made of snow turned to ice. The ice in them erodes. The sun melts the layer on top. It erodes away. The weight of the ice makes the lower part melt. That slowly eats away at the glacier.
When was ice melt made?
If you are trying to ask when ice melts?, it melts at 0 degrees Celsius
What is Narrow channel made by glacier activity?
fjord
Erosional features produced by alpine glaciers?
Alpine Glacier produce a variety of erosional features. These features are usually rounded or polished grooves made by the glacier's passing. The features are called arete, Circque, horn, tarn, u shaped valley, and hanging valleys.
Blood glacier filming location?
The movie Blood Glacier was made in Austria. This movie is about scientists working in the Austrian Alps.
What melts when heated and is made of oil?
margarine
