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Define glacier |
A glacier is a thick mass of ice that covers a large area of land |
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How are glaciers formed? |
Glaciers are formed from snow that doesn't melt, even in the summer. When enough snow forms, the pressure increases until the snow turns to ice. |
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Calving glacier |
A calving glacier is a glacier that ends in a body of water. Icebergs break of of the glacier and dark into the body of water. |
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Cirque glacier |
A cirque glacier is a glacier which forms on the slopes of mountains |
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Hanging glacier |
A hanging glacier is forms on the side of a mountain above a valley |
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Ice cap |
An ice cao is formed when ice completely covers an area of land |
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Ice field |
An ice fields covets an area of flat land |
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Piedmont glacier |
A Piedmont glacier is a glacier that goes into a pain at the edge of a mountain range |
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Temperate glacier |
A temperature glacier coexist with water |
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Polar glacier |
A polar glacier is one in an area where the temperature is always below zero |
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Valley glacier |
A valley glacier is one that fills a valley between two mountains |
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Ablation zone |
The ablation zone is the area below the simulation zine, where glacial ice exists. In this done, there is a los of ice due to ablation (ie, melting) |
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Accumulation zone |
The area of the glacier where snow falls |
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Crevasses |
Crevasses are giant cracks tag occur on the surface of glaciers where the glacier moves the fastest |
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Firn |
A firn is compacted snow that lies between new snow and glacial ice |
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Head |
Where the glacier starts |
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Terminus |
Also called the foot. It is the end of the glacier |
