GLACIAL ACTION

CONTENT

  1. Action of Glaciers in Temperate Regions
  2. Terms Associated with Glaciers
  3. Action of Glacial Erosion
  4. Characteristic Features of Glacial Erosion in the Highland
  5. Glacier Erosion in Lowlands
  6. Characteristic Features of Glacier Deposition in Lowland
  7. Economic Importance of Glacier Features

 

Action of Glaciers in Temperate Regions

Action of glacier is an important agent of erosion, here, transportation and deposition of materials is confined to mountains and temperate regions of the wind.

 

Terms Associated with Glaciers

1. Ice:

This refers to the solid form of water, formed as a result of freezing when the temperature is continually below 00

2. Glacier (moving ice):

This implies very large accumulation of ice, (either a frozen sea or river) in motion.

3. Glaciation:

This is referring to the wearing away of the earth surface by large accumulation of ice in motion (glacier).

4. Snow:

This is frozen water vapour which falls in form of crystal through the atmosphere.

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