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Islands made out of sand
Carve away land
Basins and lakes
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∙ 14y agoBasins and lakes
Carve away land
Islands made out of sand
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∙ 9y agoGlaciers gouge out valleys until they are 'U' shaped in cross section. They wear down mountains, carrying the debris (Mud and rocks) downhill. They leave mounds called 'moraines' where there is melting of the glacier's leading edge. The moraines may also act as a dam-wall trapping melt water as lakes.
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 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 2 ways that glaciers erode the land?
abrasion and plucking
What are 3 ways a glacier can change the shape of land?
Glaciers can pick up and drop boulders Glaciers dig furrows in the ground where they have passed Glaciers are able to move mountains out of their way
A larg ice sheet that can cover land for thousands of years is a?
glaciers
Which physical effects do glaciers leave on land?
Carve away land, Basins and lakes, Islands made out of sand
How did glaciers shape the land in Pennsylvania?
i think glaciers shapes the land by melting
Is a glaciers a mager land form?
Glaciers are not major landforms because they aren't land. Glaciers do, however, create landforms
How might land once covered by glaciers look different from places that never had glaciers?
It will look different because glaciers was not there and the land form will different
How have glaciers changed the land in California?
glaciers weather the earths surface
Is a glaciers a land form?
NO
What is interglaciation?
It is the time when glaciers disapeared from the land before reforming.
How did glaciers help form land?
As the glaciers move over the land they help smash the land and also add silt and dirt to the ground.
How are continental and valley glaciers?
Continental glaciers are thicker and larger. Valley glaciers are formed on mountains; continental glaciers are formed on flat land.
How do glaciers affect earths surface?
When they slide or move across the land they pick up rocks and soil which changes the Ground beneath it.By glacial erosion which is when slowly over time large U shaped valleys are carved out; or by 'plucking' which is when rocks or boulders are literally plucked up from the surface and carried down the valley.Rocks frozen underneath glaciers carve the land when glaciers move
What are 3 physical conditions of the new England colonies?
1. it was cold 2. it was very forestry (there were a lot of trees) 3. glaciers reshaped the land there
How did glaciers change the land of the land of the northeast region?
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