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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.
Why are some mountains folded and others upward?
it all depends on the glaciers that formed the mountains. if the glacier went over the mountain it will be flat and if it went around the mountain it will be pointed
Powdery wind-blown soil formed from pulverization by glaciers is called?
Loess
Can ice cause weathering and erosion?
Ice, as glaciers during the ice-ages, scoured mountains and formed 'U' shaped valleys.
Dose a valley glacier or a contenental glacier or both cover entire land areas?
Valley glaciers are formed in high altitudes (e.g. mountains) and continental glaciers are formed in high latitudes (e.g. Greenland). Therefore, they both cover land areas but continental glaciers generally cover more area.
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.
What are glaciers found in mountains called?
mountain glaciers
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.
Cliffs and basins are formed when glaciers pluck out giant blocks of what?
Rocks/Mountains.
Have the Andes mountains ever been hit by glaciers?
Glaciers don't 'hit' anything, they are formed by thousands of years of snowfall that doesn't melt and thus compacts and stays in place on high, cold mountains, moving very slowly downwards. There are glaciers on some of the mountains in the Andes.
Where does a glacier begin?
Glaciers formed during the ice age when earth was so cold that water in the coldest places just became frozen mountains, called icebergs.
What are winding ridges of sand and small bits of gravel formed from the out wash of melting glaciers called?
eskers
Explain how a fjord is formed?
The fjords are surrounded by rugged mountains. We can find them on the shoreline in Labrador. They are formed by glaciers that sculpted the valley's from a <<v>> shape to a <<u>> shape.
What are glaciers and how do they change the geography of a region?
a glacier is a slowly mass of ice formed by accumalation of snow or mountains or near the poles
Why are some mountains folded and others upward?
it all depends on the glaciers that formed the mountains. if the glacier went over the mountain it will be flat and if it went around the mountain it will be pointed
Low land between hills or mountains is a?
A valley is the lowland area between hills or mountains. Valleys have usually been formed by rivers (or glaciers) running through them.
What are the rounded basins carved into the sides of mountains by valley glaciers?
they are called Corries or cirques!
