A glacial trough is a U-shaped valley carved out by a glacier as it moves downhill. It forms through a process called glacial erosion where the glacier scours and deepens the valley over time by plucking and grinding the bedrock beneath it. The vast weight and movement of the glacier cause it to scrape and shape the landscape into a distinctive U-shaped trough.
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A glacial lake is typically a result of both erosion and deposition. Glacial erosion carves out depressions in the landscape, creating basins where water accumulates. Meanwhile, glacial deposition can form moraines or other features that dam up water and contribute to the formation of a glacial lake.
Glacial moraine could dam and prevent glacial meltwater from escaping. Glacial lakes usually form behind the moraine as the thawing glacier retreats.
Glacial advance can decrease sea level because it locks up water in the form of ice on land, reducing the amount of liquid water in the oceans.
Yes, glacial troughs are U-shaped valleys that form through the erosion of moving glaciers. They have steep, straight sides and a flat bottom that was carved out by the glacier over time. The presence of a glacial trough indicates past glaciation in an area.
No. The Grand Canyon was carved by the Colorado River.
The possessive form of the singular noun trough is trough's.
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Glacial Erosion formed Yosemite Valley and the Sierra Nevada
Well really the valleys BETWEEN hills form by glacial and/or other erosion. The hills are what's left behind.
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Glacial Trough (U-shaped valleys) - Flat-bottomed valley with steep sides produced by the erosion of the floor and sides of the valley by an alpine glacier as its sediment abrades while the glacier flows downhill. On the topographic maps they are recognized by closely spaced contours along the valley sides and widely spaced contours on the valley floor.Hanging Glacial Troughs - Formed when the down-cutting erosion of the main valley glacier exceeds that by the tributary glacier. The tributary glacier flows onto the main glacier and thus has an erosional base level of the elevation of the main valley glacier. After melting, the lower portion of the tributary glacial trough is then left hanging above the main floor of the glaciated valley. On maps they are recognized by more widely spaced contours across a stream in the upper portion than in the lower portion (where the modern stream cascades into the main valley below).
alpine glaciation
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