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Physical Geography Glaciers Flashcards

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When did the Quaternary Period start?

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2.6 million years ago

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When did the Holocene Period start?

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10,000

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In Earths history how many Ice Ages have their been?

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5

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During the Pleistocene Epoch how many glacial cycles were there?

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50

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What was the last Glacial advance called?

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Lock Lomond Stadial

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What is the layer of Ice on the Earth called?

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Cryosphere

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What are the 4 types of cold environment?

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Polar, Alpine, Glacial and Periglacial

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At what latitudes are Polar Environments found?

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90 degrees N/S of the Equator

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What is the temperaure in Polar Environments?

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“-50 degrees C

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What is the precipitation rate in Polar Environments?

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250mm

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What is an example of a Polar Environment?

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Greenland

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Where are Alpine Environments found?

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At high latitudes

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What are the average temperatures in Alpine Environments?

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Summer - 20 degrees C Winter - 10 degrees C

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What is an example of a Alpine Environment?

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The Alps in France

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What is the temperaure in Glacial Environments?

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“-20 degrees C

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What is an example of a Glacial Environment?

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Russia

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What is an example of a Periglacial Environment?

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Cananda

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18
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What % of the Earth does Ice cover?

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10%

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19
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How long does the Milancovic Cycle effect the climate for?

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Thousands of Years

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How long do Sun Spots effect the climate for?

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Hundreds of Years

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How long do Volcanoes and Asteriods effect the climate for?

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10 Years

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22
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How many countries are Glaciers located on?

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47

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Give an example of a Cold Based Glacier?

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Antartica

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How fast do Cold Based Glaciers move?

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2-3m per day

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Give an example of a Warm Based Glacier?

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The Alps

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How fast do Warm Based Glaciers move?

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20 - 30m per day

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27
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Give examples of inputs of a Glacier?

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Precipitation, Avalanches

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28
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Give examples of stores in a Glacier?

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Fresh water, Sediment

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Give examples of outputs of a Glacier?

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Melt Water, Evaporation, Calving, Sublimation

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30
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What % of the Earths surfacce is Periglacial?

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25%

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31
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How deep can permafrost be?

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1500m

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When permafrost freezes, by what % does it expand by?

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9-10%

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33
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By 2100 what % of Glaciers will be lost?

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67%

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34
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What is a Corrie/Cwm?

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An armchaired shaped depression in a mountainside- usually north facing

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Give an example of a Corrie/Cwm?

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Blae Water in the Lake District

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What is an Arete?

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A narrow, knife - edged ridge between two Corries

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37
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Give an example of an Arete?

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Striding Edge in the Lake District which is 950m high

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38
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What is an Outwash Plain?

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A flat expance of Fluvioglacial debray infrount of the glacier snout

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39
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Give an example of an Outwash Plain?

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Melville Peninsular in Canada

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What is an Esker?

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A long, narrow sinous ridge of sand and gravel

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41
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Give an example of an Esker?

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Sims Corner Eskers and Kames National Natural Landscape

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What are the dimentions of Eskers?

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30m high, and 100 - 500km long

43
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What is a Meltwater Channel?

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A narrow channel cut into bedrock or depostits either undernieth or along the frount of an Ice Margin

44
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Give an example of a Meltwater channel and its dimentions?

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Newtondale in Yorkshire and it is 40m wide and 80m deep

45
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What is a Kettle Hole?

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A circular depression often which is usually formed in a lake in a Outwash Plain

46
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Give an example of a Kettle Hole?

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Bareless Pond in Northlumbuland which is 0.11 long and 0.07 miles wide

47
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What is a Kame?

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A mound of sand and gravel deposited on the valey floor near to the glacier

48
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What is a Kame Terrace?

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A flat linear deposit of sand and gravel along the valley sides

49
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Give an example of where Kame Terrace’s can be found?

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Sims Corner Eskers and Kames National Natural Landscape

50
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What is a Truncated Spur?

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A steep rocky valley side where spurs of a river valley used to interlock before glaciation

51
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What is Knock and Lochan?

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A lowland area with alternating small rock hills, and hollows, often containg small lakes

52
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Give an example of where Knock and Lochan can be found?

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North West Highlands in the Outer Hebredies

53
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What is a Pyramidal Peak?

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A pointed mountain peak with three or more Corries

54
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Give an example of a Pyramidal Peak?

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The Matterhorn, which is 4478m high

55
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Give 5 uses of the Cairngorms?

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Hill Walking, Hunting, Forestry, Farming, Tourism

56
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What is the latitude of the Cairngorms?

57
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When was the Cairngorms National Park created?

58
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How big is the Cairngorms National Park?

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1,748 square miles

59
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What % of the Caingorms National Park is “wild land”?

60
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What % of the Caingorms National Park is protected by European Laws?

61
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How many people live and work in the Cairngorms?

62
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What is the latitude of the Yamel Peninsula?

63
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How deep is the permafrost on the Yamel Peninsula?

64
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What is the population of the Nenets on the Yamel Peninsula?

65
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How far can the Nenets migrations be?

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1000km each way

66
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How many Reindeer are on the Yamel Penisula?

67
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On the Yamel Peninsula how long is the Railway which has been built?

68
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What is the population of Caribou in Greenland in 1993, compared to in 2001?

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1993 = 7000 - 9000 2001 = 140,000

69
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What are the threats to glaciers in Greenland?

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Soil Erosion, Trampling and Landslides

70
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What is the population of Greenland?

71
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What is the Active layer?

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The top layer of siol in permafrost environmentss that thaws during summer, but freezes in the winter

72
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What is Talik?

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This is an area of unfrozen soil or rock

73
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What are the 3 types of Permafrost?

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Continious, Discontinious and Sporadic

74
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When was the Kyoto Protocol introduced?

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16th February 2005

75
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What does the Kyoto Protocol do?

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They want to reduce greenhouse gasses as well as removing Hydroflorocarbons to reduce deplation of the Ozone

76
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When was the Antarctic Treaty signed?

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1st December 1959

77
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What does the Antartic Treaty do?

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It believes that Antartica shall be used for a peaceful purposeas well as freedom from scientific investigation

78
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How many countries are part of the Antarctic Treaty?

79
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When was the Paris Agreement signed?

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22nd April 2016

80
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What does the Paris Agreement do?

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Reduces greenhouse gasses and emmitions

81
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How many countries signed the Paris Agreement?

82
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How much did the Paris Agreement give the US for Climate Risk Insurance?

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$420 million

83
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How deep is Continuous Permafrost?

84
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How deep is Sporadic Permafrost?

85
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What is Accumalation?

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This is the precipitation and growth of snow on the mountain

86
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What is the Pressure Melting Point?

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Due to the weight of the ice, the melting point decreases

87
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What is Abrasion?

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Angluar rocks that may be picked up by the glacier then cause striations

88
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What is Rock Crushing?

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When rocks are fractured due to the weight of the ice above it

89
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What is an Extensional Flow?

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When the ice flows over a steep gradient causing it to spead out and flow thinner

90
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What is a Compressional Flow?

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When the ice flows over a gental gradient causing it to clump together

91
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What is Creep?

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When the meltwater causes the glacier to flow around an obsticle like plastic

92
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What is a surge?

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When exessive meltwater builds up underneith the glacier, triggering a surge of movement

93
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How fast do surges travel?

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Up to 300m per day

94
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What is the Zone of Accumulation?

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Where the addition of snow from precipitation and avalanches exceeds the outputs

95
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What is the Zone of Ablation?

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Where the glacier melts, evaporates, sublimates or calves, meaning that the outputs exceeds the inputs

96
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What is Internal Deformation?

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When ice crystals orientate themselves in the direction of ice flow, allowing them so slide past each other

97
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What is an Ice Shelf?

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These are Ice Sheets which extend out into the sea

98
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Give an example of an Ice Shelf?

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Larsen Ice Shelf in Antartica

99
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What is a Niche Glacier?

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Patches of ice in gullies on North facing mountain slopes

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What is a Piedmont Glacier?

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When steep valley glaciers spill into flat plains where they spread into fan shapes

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