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After the last ice age stranded ice blocks left behind by the continental glacier melted and formed what?
After the last ice age stranded ice blocks left behind by the continental glacier melted and formed lakes.
After the last ice age stranded ice blocks left behind by the continental glacier melted and formed?
kettles
Why there is no trail left behind after skiing on ice?
When a person skis on ice, the ice under the ski melts due to the pressure exerted by the weight of the person. After the person moves from ice, the melted ice freezes again, thus leaving no trace behind.
What are depressions left by melted blocks of ice in glacial deposits called?
The depressions left behind are called kettles. The raised areas are called moraines.
What Depression left by melted blocks of ice in glacial deposits?
A kettle is a depression left by melted blocks of ice in glacial deposits.
What are depressions left by melted blocks of ice in glacial deposits?
A kettle is a depression left by melted blocks of ice in glacial deposits.
Depressions left by melted blocks of ice in glacial deposits?
The depressions left by melted blocks of ice in glacial deposits are called kettle holes. They are circular or oval-shaped depressions that form when large chunks of ice left behind by a retreating glacier become buried in sediment. When the ice eventually melts, it creates a hole in the ground.
Where is the morianes?
Moraines are the rocks, stones, pebbles, and fragments of rocks carried along at the base of glaciers. You can also see Moraines in the valleys left behind after the glaciers melted at the end of the last Ice Age.
What increased as the ice age melted?
temperature
How did the ice age change landforms?
it melted!
How did the Sioux get to America?
There was a huge ice age and left huge blocks of ice forming a bridge. The Asian people soon crossed this. The ice soon melted away leaving the unable to get back.
Are water dams created by the environment?
When glaciers melted after the last ice-age and the ice retreated, they often left moraine deposits behind. These natural dam materials prevented the glacier's melt water from escaping. This is one example of the natural creation of a dam wall - which holds back the lake of glacial water formed behind.
