Role of Snow

Question 1

What is nivation

Answer 1

umbrella term used to cover a range of processes associated with patches of snow.

These processes are most active around edge of snow patches

Question 2

Nivation Hollow

Answer 2

Flucating temperatures and presense of meltwater, promote frost shattering

Summer meltwater will carry away any weathered rock debris, to reveal an ever-enlarging nivation hollow

Question 3

Loess

Answer 3

Wind-blown deposits of fine-grained silt or clay in glacial conditions