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Glaciers are formed from the compaction of snow, therefore they are strictly a fresh water formation.
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∙ 13y agoYes they do but they also have many other debris in them too
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∙ 10y agoDeep inside glaciers there is fresh water. Most of Earth's freshwater is in glaciers or chunks of ice that have broken off a frozen plate.
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∙ 13y agoGlaciers are fresh water formations.
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∙ 11y agoSalt Water
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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 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 is the percentage of saltwater?
Saltwater is about 97.5% of world water. Freshwater is about 2.5% of world water, because most of the world is made up of oceans.
What are glaciers formed in mountains called?
Cirque glaciers.
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.
Are estuaries saltwater or freshwater?
They contain saltwater and freshwater
Why is saltwater a mixture and not a substance?
Because saltwater contain two substances, water and salt.
Are estuaries saltwater or freshwater ecosystems?
They contain elements of both freshwater and saltwater ecosystems.
What precious resource do glaciers contain?
They contain the earths large amount of fresh water
Is Lake Powell freshwater or saltwater?
Most lakes contain freshwater. From this fact, I'm assuming it is made out of freshwater, rather than saltwater.
What do rivers ponds streams glaciers and icebergs all contain?
Water
What is the best sign that glaciers once covered earth do rocks contain fossil?
yes rocks contain fossil.
Convert time into gallons of water?
Only 3% of the worlds water is drinkable. Of that 2% is locked in glaciers. The other 97% is saltwater. Have a good time with that!
Put the following types of water in order from largest amount found on earth to smallest:glaciers/licecaps,groundwater,rivers/lakes,saltwater?
Oceans lakes swamps glaciers and surface water
What area has the most water?
Oceans contain most of the world's water.Frozen icecaps and glaciers contain most of the world's fresh water.
Does oceans contain freshwater and saltwater?
yes when they r mixed together they form a plasma
How much salt is saltwater?
The sea water contain approx. 35 g/L NaCl.
