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  2. Glacier morphology - Wikipedia

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    Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand Features of a glacial landscape. Glacier morphology, or the form a glacier takes, is influenced by temperature, precipitation, topography, and other factors. [1] The goal of glacial morphology is to gain a better understanding of glaciated landscapes and the way they are shaped. [2]

  3. Glacial landform - Wikipedia

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    Erosional landforms. As the glaciers expand, due to their accumulating weight of snow and ice they crush, abrade, and scour surfaces such as rocks and bedrock.The resulting erosional landforms include striations, cirques, glacial horns, arêtes, trim lines, U-shaped valleys, roches moutonnées, overdeepenings and hanging valleys.

  4. Glacier - Wikipedia

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    At 62 kilometres (39 mi) in length, the pictured Baltoro Glacier is the fifth longest alpine glacier in the world. A glacier (US: / ˈ ɡ l eɪ ʃ ər /; UK: / ˈ ɡ l æ s i ə / or / ˈ ɡ l eɪ s i ə /) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, [2] that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight.

  5. Study finds early life on Earth got a boost from ... Glaciers ...

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    “Our research shows that ancient glaciers did far more than shape the landscape - they triggered chemical transformations that helped set the stage for complex life," said study co-author, Rob ...

  6. Ice field - Wikipedia

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    An ice field (also spelled icefield) is a mass of interconnected valley glaciers (also called mountain glaciers or alpine glaciers) on a mountain mass with protruding rock ridges or summits. [1] They are often found in the colder climates and higher altitudes of the world where there is sufficient precipitation for them to form.

  7. Glacial motion - Wikipedia

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    Most lakes in the world occupy basins scoured out by glaciers. Glacial motion can be fast (up to 30 metres per day (98 ft/d), observed on Jakobshavn Isbræ in Greenland ) [ 1 ] or slow (0.5 metres per year (20 in/year) on small glaciers or in the center of ice sheets), but is typically around 25 centimetres per day (9.8 in/d).

  8. U-shaped valley - Wikipedia

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    Glaciers will spread out evenly in open areas, but tend to carve deep into the ground when confined to a valley. [1] Ice thickness is a major contributing factor to valley depth and carving rates. As a glacier moves downhill through a valley, usually with a stream running through it, the shape of the valley is transformed.

  9. List of glaciers - Wikipedia

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    The majority of Europe's glaciers are found in the Alps, Caucasus and the Scandinavian Mountains (mostly Norway) as well as in Iceland. Iceland has the largest glacier in Europe, Vatnajökull Glacier, that covers between 8,100 and 8,300 km 2 in area and 3,100 km 3 in volume. Norway alone has more than 2500 glaciers (including very small ones ...