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Think of the Scottish Highlands, Yosemite National Park in the US, or the Abrasion erosion of glaciers is when the particles in motion are grinding at the underlying bedrock. The rock particles are frozen to the bed of the ice and erode the underlying sediment similar to sandpaper. This mechanism yields fine sediment and is most effective on soft bedrock. -Glaciers erode the landscape in two main ways Occurs when the water from the glacier penetrates rock cracks, freezes, and breaks off chunks of the rock. The chinks then become embedded in the glacier and carried along Valleys with steep sides, wide, but a flat floor. As erosion takes place, the glacial trough becomes wider and deeper. e.g.

f, slowly. A glacier is any large mass of ice that moves "quickly" over land. f, melts. Start studying Geography UNIT 1C Glacial landscapes.

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4. Glaciers are different from streams in that they a.

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This water flows into cracks in the bedrock. Erosion by Glaciers. Features created by glacial erosion may be massive, like hanging valleys and horns, or smaller, like glacial striations.

Want Ffrancon. Most glacial troughs start out as v-shaped valleys.
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b. flow uphill through previously existing stream-carved valleys. c. are the largest and thickest type of glacier. d. are named because they can flow up and over mountains.