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Glaciers form when the rate of snow fall exceeds the rate of melting.
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How did glaciers help form the geography of the Midwest?
Glaciers helped form the geography of the Midwest because they created the 5 Great Lakes, while they were melting.
Why do glaciers cause erosion?
Glaciers cause erosion since they are in form of a block of snow which will melt and erode the land. This can be in form of abrasion, freeze-thaw or plucking.
What causes U-shaped valleys to form?
Glaciers.
What are two ways in which glaciers erode Earth's surface?
When glaciers form they scrape earth's surface as they advance. Also when glaciers melt it deposits the sediment it eroded from the land creating various land forms.
How do a valley glacier form?
Continental and valley glaciers both develop in regions where there is constant snowfall and freezing temperatures throughout the year. Both types of glaciers move at a very slow pace.
Why do glaciers form only in certain areas?
because they only form in cold places
What can continental glaciers form?
Glaciers can form U shaped valleys.
When can glaciers form?
Glaciers form when the rate of snow fall exceeds the rate of melting.
What kind of glaciers form when ice and snow build up in a mountain valley?
'Alpine' glaciers form.
What is Long narrow glaciers that form between mountains?
Valley Glaciers!
Is a glaciers a land form?
NO
Why don't glaciers form in Australia?
because austrailia has warm weather and warm weather does not cause glaciers to form
What are long narrow glaciers form between mountains and are common in the Alps and the Andes.?
valley glaciers
Is a glaciers a mager land form?
Glaciers are not major landforms because they aren't land. Glaciers do, however, create landforms
What Narrow glaciers form between mountains and are common in the Alps and the Andes.?
valley glaciers
How was Norway's jords form?
From glaciers.
Are there glaciers in Alaska?
No, the only continental glaciers are in Greenland and Antarctica.
