SCIENCE OUTLINE! Glaciers and Groundwater

1. Describe the advance and retreat of glaciers along the snowline.

            Zone of accumulation- advance during the winter

            Zone of wastage- retreats during the summer

2. Describe valley glaciers, piedmont glaciers, continental glaciers and ice caps.

            Valley glaciers- long, narrow rivers between two mountain peaks

            Piedmont glaciers- two glaciers merged together

            Continental glaciers- swaths of l...


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