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A continental glacier flows in all directions?
yes...
What kind of glacier flows in all directions?
An ice cap glacier is a dome-shaped glacier that flows in all directions from a central high point. These glaciers cover large areas and can have multiple outlet glaciers flowing towards different directions.
Why does Antarctica not have a Continental Divide?
Antarctica does not have a Continental Divide because it is a mostly flat ice-covered continent with no significant mountain ranges to create natural drainage basins that separate water flow. The ice sheets tend to flow towards the ocean in all directions rather than being funneled by high mountain ranges.
Are continental glaciers larger than valley glaciers?
Yes. A continental glacier spreads around all sides, while the valley glaciers spread along it's length.
When a glacier retreatsis it moving backwards?
A glacier is a 'river' of ice. In cold places where precipitation falls as snow rather than rain, the snow thickness builds up and up and forms a field of ice as its compacts. Masses of ice are not solid but flow very slowly down hill under the force of gravity. This ice flow is called a glacier. Glaciers flow down hill and as they do so it gets warmer and the ice at the tip of the glacier melts (they turn into rivers of water). If the climate is cold then this melting happens less fast than the snow is supplying new ice at the top and the bottom of the glacier will advance (the glacier gets longer). If the climate is warming then the melting happens faster than the snow is supplying new ice and the bottom of the glacier will retreat back up towards the snow/ice field (the glacier gets shorter) All of earths glaciers are currently getting shorter - the Glaciers are in retreat. This is because earths climate is getting slightly warmer.
A continental glacier flows in all directions?
yes...
What type of glacier flow in all directions?
Fatty
How do glaciers move for 6th grade?
A continental glacier can move in all directions and a valley glacier can move in a surge. :)
What kind of glacier flows in all directions?
An ice cap glacier is a dome-shaped glacier that flows in all directions from a central high point. These glaciers cover large areas and can have multiple outlet glaciers flowing towards different directions.
What are ice sheet?
They are enormous masses of ice that flow in all directions.
Ice sheet are enormous masses of ice that?
flow in all directions
Are continental glaciers larger than valley glaciers?
Yes. A continental glacier spreads around all sides, while the valley glaciers spread along it's length.
Why does Antarctica not have a Continental Divide?
Antarctica does not have a Continental Divide because it is a mostly flat ice-covered continent with no significant mountain ranges to create natural drainage basins that separate water flow. The ice sheets tend to flow towards the ocean in all directions rather than being funneled by high mountain ranges.
In which direction does a pyroclastic flow move away from a volcano?
A pyroclastic flow moves away from a volcano in all directions.
How are the continental and alpine glaciers different?
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.
What does continental divide means?
In the USA, the "continental divide" is the Rocky Mountains range of mountains. East of that, all rivers flow to the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico. West of the "Continental Divide", rivers flow west into the Pacific Ocean.
Why doesn't Antarctica have a Continental Divide?
A continental divide separates the sources of water that flow into different oceans from the same continent. Ninety-eight percent of Antarctica is covered by an ice sheet: there is no water flowing from its mountain peaks. Plus, the single ocean that surrounds Antarctica is the Southern Ocean. Seen another way, Antarctica's ice sheet is made up of moving glaciers that all flow downhill into the southern Ocean, regardless of which side of the Trans-Antarctic mountains the glacier flows from. So, it may be academic that Antarctica does or does not have a continental divide: semantics may win this argument.
