GEOG 2051 Chapter : GEO 2051 Kesel Answers To Fill In Blanks
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Condensation of vapor (sublimation: ablation (negative effect) consist of, melting, evaporation, vonid, avalance. Calving: the snow line is sometimes referred to as the equilibrium line. If colder it is down in elevation and when warmer it is up in elevation: contientality [matching] Caucasus {ussr: latitude, 5,000 ft s. norway, 2,000 ft south greenland, 18,000 ft equatorial africa, types of glaciers include continental which can/could be found on the countries of antartica which is covered by 95% % of glacial ice & Another type of glacier is mountainous, which are found at mountainous elevations: terminology, water that is melting from ice brings much sediment or till, drift, fluioglacial, glacier scowered out the landscape to create the great lakes. Pre-historic culturals: use cultural reminants: fossils: very small and used to interpret when glaciers cam and went and when the ice started. Inclination of earth axis 40,000yrs: eccentricity of earth orbit 100,000 yrs, precession of equinoxes- 23,000 yrs.
