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A glacier forms in a place where snow builds up year after year for a long time. The key thing is that the snow does not melt away in the summer. As the snow builds up over time, its own weight causes it to compress into ice. When the ice gets thick enough, it begins to flow under the influence of gravity. Glaciers can form only on relatively flat areas, or on slopes with less than 30 degrees of pitch in the mountains; too much steeper and the snow will avalanche instead of building up to a thickness that would form into ice.
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How do glaciers make valleys?
The glaciers rubs against the land form which changes the land form into a U shape valley this works because the ice is so packed it pushes any land as in dirt sand and minerals out the way creating the valley
How are the glaciers of Antarctica different from valley glaciers?
They form a huge mass that covers the entire continent?
Can rivers and lakes be made from glaciers?
Yes, glaciers can create both rivers and lakes. When glaciers melt, they release water that can flow into rivers or accumulate in depressions to form lakes. This often occurs as part of the glacial melting process in areas where glaciers are present.
What are the different types of glaciers?
Ice Sheets Ice Shelves Ice Caps Ice Streams/Outlet Glaciers Icefields Mountain Glaciers Valley Glaciers Piedmont Glaciers Cirque Glaciers Hanging Glaciers Tidewater Glaciers
What is the name of bowl like features cut into mountains or hills where glaciers form?
That would be called a Fjord.
Describe how a cirque form?
Valley glaciers melt and it make a U shaped profile (cirque) ~W
Do glaicers still form?
yes, but it takes over a hundred years for glaciers to form (its a very slow process)
What can continental glaciers form?
Glaciers can form U shaped valleys.
What is the process of becoming covered by glaciers called?
The process of becoming covered by glaciers is called glaciation.
Glaciers can only form when?
Glaciers can only form when snow accumulates over time and compacts into ice. This process requires a cold climate that allows the snow to persist without melting. Additionally, the weight of the ice must exceed the rate at which it melts or sublimates.
What process forms and valleys?
Glaciers, mostly Glaciers Melting
When can glaciers form?
Glaciers form when the rate of snow fall exceeds the rate of melting.
How often do glaciers form?
Glaciers form under specific conditions where snowfall exceeds melting over extended periods, typically in regions with cold temperatures and sufficient moisture. This process can take thousands of years, as layers of snow compress and transform into ice. Glaciers are more likely to form in polar regions and high mountain ranges, but their formation is influenced by climate changes and local environmental factors. Overall, while glaciers can form at various times and places, the process is gradual and varies widely depending on geographic and climatic conditions.
How do you describe weather conditions during which hailstones form and the process by which they form?
The hailstones are mas
What is Long narrow glaciers that form between mountains?
Valley Glaciers!
The word used to describe the process when energy changes its form?
vibrator
Is a glaciers a land form?
NO
