Importance of meltwater
- Created by: Ali Bland
- Created on: 17-03-15 14:45
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- The Importance Of Meltwater
- Melting snow helps to enlarge the shallow nivation hollows that eventually become corries when the snow turns to ice
- Melwater helps to lubricate the base of a glacier and overcome friction - allowing the glacier to slip forward periodically
- Meltwater also transports moraine beneath the ice, where it provides tools for glacial erosion
- If it refreezes, meltwater can bind the base of a glacier to broken rock fragments
- Meltwater often forms rivers
- Meltwater will also erode channels and form distinctive depositional features
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