Alpine glaciers, even though they move, are confined to mountain valleys, which in most instances had previously been a stream valley. Continental ice sheets exist on a much larger scale. These huge masses flow out in all directions from one or more centers of the land. They cover the entire continent, hence the name, and extend out toward the sea. Only two exist today: Greenland and Antarctica.
A contonental glacier gives the land a smoother appearance by eroding higher points on the land and filling in lower areas with the eroded material whereas the alpine glacier give mountains rugged, triangular peaks called horns.
By definition, continental ice sheets must cover at least 50,000 km2. Alpine valley glaciers are obviously considerably smaller than this, only typically covering one part of an individual mountain.
It's notable though that many discrete glaciers have been defined and studied which are part of a larger ice sheet, so they're not completely mutually exclusive.
Alpine glaciers form at high altitudes (e.g. the tops of mountains) and continental glaciers for at high latitudes (e.g. Antarctica and Greenland).
they are found usually in mountain tops. in colder places such as Antarctica, and Alaska.
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.
That continental glacier covers ice on the whole continent and alpine glacier covers the top of the mountain
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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.
what is the difference between alpine and continental glacires?
Continental glaciers smooth the landscape because continental glaciers are flat unlike the rough shapes of Alpine glaciers.
beacause alpine glaciers are bad for the enviromental energy called phleux that makes chemicals interact with each other smoothing the landscape
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.
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Antarctica is a continental glacier. Alpine glaciers are a different type of glacier.
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.
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.
what is the difference between alpine and continental glacires?
Continental glaciers smooth the landscape because continental glaciers are flat unlike the rough shapes of Alpine glaciers.
I only know that alpine glaciers can carve deep u-shaped valleys in the mountains.
One is bigger than the other one
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
beacause alpine glaciers are bad for the enviromental energy called phleux that makes chemicals interact with each other smoothing the landscape
The two different glaciers are valley and continental glaciers and they are different because continental glaciers are the largest, and valley glaciers are on the top of mountain peaks.
beacause alpine glaciers are bad for the enviromental energy called phleux that makes chemicals interact with each other smoothing the landscape