Question

Identify 4 or more glaciers on the Earth and include it's...

a. Name
b. Length
c. Perimeter
d. Area
e. Current status (advancing, receding, or neutral)
f. Elevation of the glacier
g. A description of how the glacier is changing and has affected the Earth

Answer 1

1. Pine Island Glacier

Length = 250 km

Perimeter - 160 mi

area- 175,000 km squared

current Status - receding

Elevation- 55m level of Sea

Fracture near edge cause the glacier to fall.

2. Svartisen

length Is 636 m

221 perimeter

235 area

Advancing

elevation- 1000 meters

glaciers slid and ran into a big stream

this is evironmnt effects

3. Greenland ice sheet

Length is 2400

1100 perimet er

area 660,200

Receding

2,135 metres elevation

if the glacier melted, weathe and climate would have effects

4. Aletsch Glacieer

length

22.6 km

perimeter is 940

area 45.4

Neutral

2858 m. Elevation

summer, glacier melts, and it’problem fir environment and other.

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