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What are bowl-shaped basins resulting from glacial erosion on the side of a mountain?
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∙ 13y ago
I believe Cirques are a bowl-shaped basin resulting from glacial erosion on the side of the mountain.
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There can be no stream erosion or glacial erosion without?
Wind
How are glaciers and erosion the same and different?
Well glaciers are big chunks of ice and glacial erosion is the erosion caused by glaciers
What is the name given to lakes formed through glacial erosion?
Corrie lake.
Hills rounded and sheared off by glacial erosion are called?
Dunes and moraines are two hilly landforms created by erosion.
How was maquoketa caves formed?
The Maquoketa caves in Iowa were formed through years of natural non-glacial erosion.
What are bowl shaped basins resulting from glacial erosion on the side of a mountain?
I believe Cirques are a bowl-shaped basin resulting from glacial erosion on the side of the mountain.
Are bowl shaped basins resulting from glacial erosion on the side of a mountain?
cirques I believe
Is esker cause by glacial erosion?
Yes it is Glacial Erosion
How does glacial erosion begin?
Glacial erosion requires movement. Thus, glacial erosion begins as soon as the glacier starts moving.
A sentence for glacial erosion?
Glacial erosion produces U - shaped valleys.
What are mountain horns formed by Erosion or Deposition?
A mountain is a sharpened peak formed by the glacial actions of three cirques on a mountaintop. Since we know that a cirque is a bowl-shaped basin formed by EROSION and a mountain horn is formed by three CIRQUES it becomes clear that mountain horns are formed by erosion.
What is the difference between glacial erosion and water erosion?
Glacial erosion is caused by ice, while water erosion is caused by liquid water.
How is a mountain pass formed?
I think it's because of water flowing and creating crevasses in the rock.
What agent of erosion is striations?
glacial erosion
Does a you shaped valley indicate glacial erosion?
A 'U' shaped valley indicates glacial erosion.
How does glacial erosion affects the shape of the land?
Glacial erosion can carve out deep valleys, create U-shaped valleys, and leave behind moraines and drumlins. The movement of glaciers erodes rock and soil, shaping the land through processes such as abrasion and plucking. As glaciers flow over the landscape, they can significantly alter the topography by creating features like cirques and fjords.
What are the types of features that form from glacial erosion?
Glacial Erosion formed Yosemite Valley and the Sierra Nevada
