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Winding ridges of sand and small bits of gravel formed from the outwash of a melting glacier are called?
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Unsorted rocky debris that is formed by a melting glacier called?
Unsorted rocky debris that is formed by a melting glacier is called moraine. There are many different types of moraine depending on where the debris is found and deposited.
Unsorted rocky debris that is formed by a melting glacier?
The accumulation of unsorted rocky debris that is formed by a melting glacier is called a moraine. There are many large moraines throughout the northern parts of North America, Europe, and Asia.
A large boulder that is left behind by a glacier is called a what?
it is called an Erratic
What country is called the Melting Pot?
Sometimes the United States is referred to as a 'melting pot'.
A valley that has been glaciated by a smaller side glacier and is left standing higher than the main U-shaped valley is a .?
It's called a "hanging valley". Many waterfalls occur at hanging valleys.
What is the material called that is deposited by meltwater beyond the end of a glacier?
Outwash
What is the material called that is deposited by melt-water beyond the end of a glacier?
outwash
What is a slow melting glacier called?
A slow melting glacier
What is an outflow glacier?
Glacial PlainA l outwash plain is a stratified deposit of sand and gravel transported by water from a melting glacial ice sheet.
What winding are ridges of sand and small bits of gravel formed the out wash of melting glacier are called?
All types of glacier sedimentary deposits are called drift. Winding ridges of sand and small bits of gravel formed by the out wash of melting ice from glaciers are called eskers kames, or moraines. Moraines are also found on the surface of glaciers. Kames form on flat or inclined ice, in holes, or in cracks. They may also be called scree and talus which also come from eroding mountains.
What is the sediment laid down by glacial meltwater called?
There are several names: outwash is one and moraines are another. The outwash forms a flat area sometimes called outwash planes and the moraines are hilly.
Unsorted rocky debris that is formed by a melting glacier called?
Unsorted rocky debris that is formed by a melting glacier is called moraine. There are many different types of moraine depending on where the debris is found and deposited.
What are ridges of sand and small bits of gravel formed the out wash of melting glacier are called?
All types of glacier sedimentary deposits are called drift. Winding ridges of sand and small bits of gravel formed by the out wash of melting ice from glaciers are called eskers kames, or moraines. Moraines are also found on the surface of glaciers. Kames form on flat or inclined ice, in holes, or in cracks. They may also be called scree and talus which also come from eroding mountains.
What is the lower end of a glacier called?
The area that is melting faster than it is accumulating is the "Zone of Ablation." The very bottom end of a glacier is typically called its "foot."
What are winding ridges of sand and small bits of gravel formed from the out wash of melting glaciers called?
eskers
Is sediment of different sized particles left by ice from glaciers called outwash?
Yes, it is called outwash.
What is streams formed by melting ice when a valley glacier stops advancing called?
Esker
