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As glaciers retreat, they leave behind deposits of rocks.
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How does glacier erosion occur?
Glaciers can cause erosion because they move, though they do so slowly. As they move, often only a few inches a year, they scrape away and can gouge out the land, and then leave behind morass, which can be made up of left behind bits of rock or whatever happened to be in the glacier.
What is The rock material deposited by glaciers as they melt and retreat?
They are known as moraines.
What is a Long scratch marks that are left behind as evidence of glaciers are called?
They are called striations.
Which physical effects do glaciers leave on land?
Carve away land, Basins and lakes, Islands made out of sand
The more you take more you leave behind What are they?
Well, if you take something, you leave the rest behind somewhere else. It is like chicken and macarooni
What are moraines and drumlins created by?
When glaciers advance or retreat, the sediments left behind create a moraine. Drumlins are created by the flow of glaciers that mold sediment into streamlined, elongated hills.
What do glaciers leave behind when melt and recede?
They leave behind cold water. <><><> They also leave behind to rock and soil that they have pushed forward, known as morraine. THIS IS TRUE.Gradpoint/Novanet :) ;) -jesstyn wise a.k.a bill
How does glacier erosion occur?
Glaciers can cause erosion because they move, though they do so slowly. As they move, often only a few inches a year, they scrape away and can gouge out the land, and then leave behind morass, which can be made up of left behind bits of rock or whatever happened to be in the glacier.
Reasons for gradation of glaciers?
Being made of ice, glaciers retreat when the rate of melt exceeds the rate of growth. That is, of course, the simple answer. Scientists seem to agree that the retreat of glaciers is directly connected with global warming. It also appears that the process is accelerating inasmuch as surface water on glaciers remains unfrozen.
What is The rock material deposited by glaciers as they melt and retreat?
They are known as moraines.
How did glaciers impact Minnesota?
They leave behind glacial lakes, striations, and river valleys creating the Minnesota landscape there is today.
How do you describe the landscape made by alpine glaciers compared to the landscape by continental glaciers?
Alpine glaciers leave behind U-shaped valleys, deep, high-altitude lakes and cliffs. Continental glaciers flow outwards scraping the landscape clean, making fairly flat lands and lakes
To leave or withdraw?
The word is retreat.
What does glaciating mean?
Glaciation refers to climatic episode in which much of the Earth becomes covered with glaciers, reaches a peak in glacial coverage, and then ends with the retreat of glaciers.
What do glaciers leave behind as evidence of their existence?
1) Glaciers carve fjords in valleys where they travel. A fjord is a long, narrow valley with steep sides carved by glacial movement. A fjord represents the seaward end of a deeply excavated glacial-trough valley that was partially submerged by drowning after melting of the ice. 2) Glaciers leave behind deposits known as glacial till, which are unstratified, poorly-sorted sediments. Glaciers move a wide range of sedimentary particles from small clay-sized particles to large boulders. When the glacier either melts or retreats, these poorly-sorted sediments are deposited. These deposits are known as tillite in lithified sedimentary rocks. 3) A mound or ridge of till (unstratified glacial drift) is deposited when a glacier begins to retreat or melt. As the glacier grows and extends, it pushes glacial drift at its front forming a mound of debris. This glacial drift is then dropped in place when the glacier retreats or melts which creates a terminal moraine. Medial moraines, which are formed by the conjunction of two glaciers, are also deposited as a glacial melts. Glaciers erode the sides of the valleys in which they travel. Therefore, when two glaciers unite (in much the same rivers unite), a line of glacial drift (medial moraines) from both glaciers is formed. 4) Glaciers leave scrape marks behind on the rocks on which they traveled.
What is a synonym for retreat?
The synonyms for retreat are: draw back withdraw recoil leave
What means to leave or withdraw?
Retreat.
