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What are the three main types of erosion caused by glaciers?

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Plucking as the glacier moved downwards through gravity , as the water melts then freezes it carries along debris .

Abrasion the materials held within the glacier cause friction underneath like sand paper .

These are the two main types
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There's plucking, abrasion, and freeze thaw.
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