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They are known as moraines.
They both change the Earth's surface and they both change landforms into a different shape.
Glaciers significantly shaped the landscape of North America through processes like erosion and deposition. As glaciers advanced and retreated, they carved out valleys, created fjords, and sculpted mountains, resulting in iconic features such as the Great Lakes and many U-shaped valleys. Additionally, the movement of glaciers deposited various sediments, forming landforms like moraines and drumlins, which altered the topography and soil composition across vast areas. Overall, glaciers played a crucial role in defining the continent's geological features and ecosystems.
Glaciers have significantly shaped Earth's landscape through processes like erosion and deposition. As they advance and retreat, they carve valleys, create fjords, and form landforms such as moraines and drumlins. Additionally, glaciers store vast amounts of freshwater, influencing sea levels and ecosystems. Their melting due to climate change is also contributing to rising sea levels and altering habitats worldwide.
The rock material deposited by glaciers is called "glacial till." This sediment consists of a mixture of clay, silt, sand, gravel, and boulders that glaciers grind and transport as they move. When glaciers melt, they leave behind this unsorted debris, which can form various landforms such as moraines and drumlins.
When glaciers move, they erode the land beneath them by scraping and plucking rocks and sediments. This process can create valleys, fjords, and other landforms. Additionally, as glaciers melt and retreat, they deposit the sediments and rocks they have carried with them, shaping the landscape further.
Yes, glaciers are major landforms. They are large masses of ice that can shape and sculpt the surrounding landscape through processes like erosion and deposition. Glaciers play a significant role in shaping the Earth's surface over long periods of time.
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Glaciers can carve out valleys and fjords as they slowly move over the land, eroding the landscape. They can also deposit sediment as they melt, forming moraines and drumlins. Additionally, glaciers can reshape the land by creating features like cirques, aretes, and U-shaped valleys.
Global warming
Water can speed up the rate at which glaciers melt. Whether the water is acidic or not has no effect.
the earth's landforms are valleys, plateus, mountains, plains, hills, loess. and glaciers
rivers volcanoes glaciers
Valley glaciers melt and it make a U shaped profile (cirque) ~W
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they will melt