Glaciation
noun
The process, condition, or result of being covered by glaciers or ice sheets.
The Rocky Mountains underwent several phases of glaciation during the last ice age.
Often appears as...
- period of glaciation
- evidence of glaciation
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Academic
noun
The carving of the Earth’s surface by glaciers.
The U-shaped valleys are the evidence of glaciation in the past.
Often appears as...
- evidence of glaciation
- glaciation effects
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A specific instance or period of glaciers covering huge parts of the Earth's surface.
The last major glaciation ended about 10,000 years ago.
Often appears as...
- last glaciation
- major glaciation
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The process, condition, or result of being covered by glaciers or ice sheets.
The Rocky Mountains underwent several phases of glaciation during the last ice age.
Often appears as...
- period of glaciation
- evidence of glaciation
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The carving of the Earth’s surface by glaciers.
The U-shaped valleys are the evidence of glaciation in the past.
Often appears as...
- evidence of glaciation
- glaciation effects
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A specific instance or period of glaciers covering huge parts of the Earth's surface.
The last major glaciation ended about 10,000 years ago.
Often appears as...
- last glaciation
- major glaciation
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine vast ice sheets covering landscapes to understand glaciation's impact.
The flat prairies are a product of past glaciation.
Pro Tip 2/3Academic Focus
Use 'glaciation' in subjects like geography and Earth science when studying Earth's history.
In geography class, we learned how glaciation shaped our current environment.
Pro Tip 3/3Time Indicator
'Glaciation' suggests an occurrence over vast time scales, not immediate events.
Glaciation can alter landscapes over thousands of years.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine vast ice sheets covering landscapes to understand glaciation's impact.
The flat prairies are a product of past glaciation.
Pro Tip 2/3Academic Focus
Use 'glaciation' in subjects like geography and Earth science when studying Earth's history.
In geography class, we learned how glaciation shaped our current environment.
Pro Tip 3/3Time Indicator
'Glaciation' suggests an occurrence over vast time scales, not immediate events.
Glaciation can alter landscapes over thousands of years.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine vast ice sheets covering landscapes to understand glaciation's impact.
The flat prairies are a product of past glaciation.
Pro Tip 2/3Academic Focus
Use 'glaciation' in subjects like geography and Earth science when studying Earth's history.
In geography class, we learned how glaciation shaped our current environment.
Pro Tip 3/3Time Indicator
'Glaciation' suggests an occurrence over vast time scales, not immediate events.
Glaciation can alter landscapes over thousands of years.
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Video examples
Earth in Chaos PIPE...
now you've got the poles that are directly in the line of the sunlight with a very high incidence angle and so you'll get warmer temperatures there and you'll have the equator in the exact opposite situation that would mean that you could have sa glaciation and one-half of the sphere of the globe and
Video examples
Earth in Chaos PIPE...
now you've got the poles that are directly in the line of the sunlight with a very high incidence angle and so you'll get warmer temperatures there and you'll have the equator in the exact opposite situation that would mean that you could have sa glaciation and one-half of the sphere of the globe and
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