Deserts and Glaciers idk they're combined for some reason

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<p>What kind of glacier is this?</p>

What kind of glacier is this?

Valley Glaciers

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<p>What kind of glacier is this?</p>

What kind of glacier is this?

Continental Glacier

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What kind of glacier forms in High Latitudes (near the poles)

Continental glaciers

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What kind of glacier forms in High Elevations (mountainous regions)

Valley Glaciers

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What leads to most of the loss of glacial ice?

Calving and Melting

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<p>What is this called?</p>

What is this called?

Calving

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If Accumulation = Ablation

Glacier front stays the same

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If accumulation > ablation

Glacier Front advances

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If Accumulation < Ablation

Glacier front recedes

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What is the most powerful mechanism of erosion?

Glaciers

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<p>Why is this lake so blue?</p>

Why is this lake so blue?

Rock Flour

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<p>What created this valley?</p>

What created this valley?

Rivers

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<p>What created this valley?</p>

What created this valley?

Glaciers

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<p>What Glacial feature is this?</p>

What Glacial feature is this?

Cirque

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<p>What Glacial feature is this?</p>

What Glacial feature is this?

Horn

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<p>What glacial feature is this?</p>

What glacial feature is this?

Arete

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What is drift that’s been deposited by melting ice called?

Till

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What is drift that’s been deposited by meltwater streams called?

Outwash

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How does wind erosion occur?

Deflation and Abrasion

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What is Dune classification based on?

Morphology and genesis

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<p>What kind of Dune is this?</p>

What kind of Dune is this?

Barchan Dunes

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<p>What kind of dune is this?</p>

What kind of dune is this?

Barchanoid Ridges

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<p>What kind of dune is this?</p>

What kind of dune is this?

Tranverse Dunes

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<p>What dune is this?</p>

What dune is this?

Parabolic Dune

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What is a dead giveaway to a Parabolic dune?

Vegetation

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<p>What kind of Dune is this?</p>

What kind of Dune is this?

Blowout dune

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<p>What kind of dune is this?</p>

What kind of dune is this?

Linear Dune

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<p>What kind of dune is this?</p>

What kind of dune is this?

Seif Dunes

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<p>What kind of dune is this?</p>

What kind of dune is this?

Star Dunes

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What are wind blown sediment from glaciers called?

Loess

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<p>What kind of desert feature is this?</p>

What kind of desert feature is this?

Playa

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<p>What is this desert feature called?</p>

What is this desert feature called?

Desert pavement

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What makes desert rocks dark?

Desert varnish