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Glaciers can form U shaped valleys.
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On which continent are valley glaciers not found?
Australia has no continental glaciers, because the mountains do not receive sufficient snowfall to form them (at least not in the present era).
What do chunks of continental glaciers produce when they break off the edges of the ice sheets?
Floating Icebergs
Where do continental air masses form?
Continental air masses form in the United States
What are the three different types of glaciers?
There are more than three types of glaciers...but I believe you are looking for:Alpine Glacier (found on mountains)Valley GlaciersIce Sheet or Continental GlacierThe USGS has a great site dedicated to just types of glaciers....http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1216/glaciertypes/glaciertypes.html
What erosional features do you see in a valley glaciers?
Glaciers form U-shaped valleys. They make striations, drumlins, kettlelakes, eratics, moraines and cirque.
How are continental and valley glaciers?
Continental glaciers are thicker and larger. Valley glaciers are formed on mountains; continental glaciers are formed on flat land.
How was great lakes formed?
they where formed by giant rocks that fell form the sun
Why do Continental glaciers smooth the landscape?
Continental glaciers smooth the landscape because continental glaciers are flat unlike the rough shapes of Alpine glaciers.
Do valley glaciers form in area that have cold temperatures that are cold all year?
No, continental glaciers form in areas that have cold temperatures all year.
How is a continental and valley glaciers the same?
Continental glaciers are thicker and larger. Valley glaciers are formed on mountains; continental glaciers are formed on flat land.
What the 2 most common kinds of glaciers?
There are 2 main types of glaciers, Continental is one, they float away from central regions. The second is alpine or valley which are the glaciers that flow down the valley from the mountain.
How are glaciers different from alpine glaciers?
They difference between them is where there flow. Continental glaciers are enormous ice sheets, and are found in Greenland and Antarctica. Alpine glaciers form in mountain valleys.
Are there continental glaciers in Alaska?
No, the only continental glaciers are in Greenland and Antarctica.
What are the two kinds of glaciers and how are they different?
It is valley and continental glaciers they are different because continental glaciers are the largest, and valley glaciers are on the top of mountain peaks.
What are the two kinds of glaciers and are they different?
It is valley and continental glaciers they are different because continental glaciers are the largest, and valley glaciers are on the top of mountain peaks.
On which continent are valley glaciers not found?
Australia has no continental glaciers, because the mountains do not receive sufficient snowfall to form them (at least not in the present era).
How are the 2 types of glaciers similar an how there different?
Valley glaciers form on high mountain valleys and are long and narrow. Continental glaciers covers much of a continent or large island.
