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How much of the Lambert glacier is covered underwater?
Only 10 percent of the iceberg are above water. That means 90 percent of the iceberg are underwater.
How do glaciers flow?
glaciers move slowly but when theres alot of rain the water and the glaciers move faster
What are continental glaicers?
a continentail glaicer is a glacier that covers much of a contiient or large island
Why do glaciers affect the land?
by moving along the groundansw21. At their head catchment area, the glacier will collect the annual snow fall, and commence to move it downwards. This process opens up cracks (bergschrunds) between the snow and the rock, for the rock will be warmer than the snow. (heat from the interior) Into these crevices, sometimes many feet wide, rocks will fall from the mountain above, and water will flow off the day-warmed rocks.2. In the main long body of the glacier there will be occasional steps in the valley bedrock, and there will be steps where a minor glacier branch joins a larger glacier. At these step points, a crevassed ice-fall will form, and again any moraine debris from the surface will become entrained in the ice.These entrained rocks and debris will be ground along the bedrock by the motion of the glacier, and produce a very fine rock flour in the process.Thus at the base of the glacier, we have water from melt, boulders and debris, and rock flour. These will be all ground along by the glacier above. Small and medium boulders will be ground to a rounded form, larger boulders will have their sharper corners ground off, but at any time, much of their body will be embedded in the glacial ice, and they will rotate only slowly. As these are dragged across the bedrock, they will produce the striae - the glacial scratches and gouges in the bedrock.3. Upvalley from the snout of the glacier, is the ablation (wastage) zone, where some of the ice mass will sublimate directly to water vapour, and much will melt. Near the snout, the glacier may be completely covered by rock moraine, and kettle holes will form due to uneven melting. Immediately downvalley of the glacier, a melt lake may form, and this feature is very destructive of the remaining ice. When masses of ice fall into the melt lake, minor tsunami (but ten metres or so high) may be created and these are dangerous to humans.A glacier can move rock from the mountains to the plains hundreds of times faster than simple riverine processes will do.Unlike a river, glacial ice can extend far below the surface level, and (where I live) glacial lakes 300m above sea level have their depth up to 100m below sea level.A fiord glacier may have its bed several hundreds of metres below sea level, the ice breaking off where the fiord enters the sea, and the ice becomes buoyant; and depositing a mound of moraine at the mouth of the fiord.
What is a sheet of ice on the ocean called?
Icebergs.The icebergs that break off do so because the glacier of which they are a part flows toward the sea, like a river, only much slower.When a fracture or a vulnerable sheer exists in the glacier, and the glacier tongue drifts far enough into open water, and the sea currents or waves exert enough pressure on the tongue, the tongue splits off from the glacier and becomes an iceberg.
How much of the Lambert glacier is covered underwater?
Only 10 percent of the iceberg are above water. That means 90 percent of the iceberg are underwater.
How is a body of water formed by glacier movement?
well, a body of water is formed by glacier movement because while the glacier is moving parts of it is falling in the ocean. The glaciers are much colder then the water when the glacier falls water is formed in the water because of the melting ice.
How do glaciers flow?
glaciers move slowly but when theres alot of rain the water and the glaciers move faster
How much of an iceberg is visible above the water line?
Approximately 10% of an iceberg is visible above the water line, with the remaining 90% submerged below the surface. This is due to the lower density of ice compared to water, causing the iceberg to float with a significant portion hidden underwater.
How much has the peyto glacier retreated?
70%
How much of Russia's population lives above the poverty line?
21.5 million people live under the poverty line
What example of water transferring from the atmosphere to the cryosphere?
In New Zealand there are Franz Josef glacier and Fox glacier In the French Alps there is the Mer de Glace The largest glaciers in the world are the ice sheets on Greenland, the second largest glacier in the world, and the ice sheet on Antarctica is the largest in the world. glaciers are riveres of ice that moves very slowly.
How much does electricity and water and chemicals cost to maintain an above-ground pool?
how much will water and electricity cost?
How much water is in a 48inch 12round above ground pool?
How much water in a 48inch 12foot round pool
Can you help to put glacier in a sentence?
This glacier was much larger ten years ago.
What may be wrong with using brandt line today?
Not all countries above the Brandt line are developed and not all countries below are underdeveloped. For example, much of Central Asia is developing, but they are above the Brandt Line and several countries south of the line like Singapore are developed.
How much water should you have to drain out of your return line?
i have to drain out 4800 cusec of water
