Glacier Dictogloss

Glacier Dictogloss

Glaciers are huge ice sheets that flow like a slow moving
river. A glacier is like  a large sheet of ice, that moves
around very slowly.
Glaciers are formed by snow water and ice that remain
in the same area. Glaciers form over hundreds of years
through the compression of ice over time. 

Glaciers look like dusty, rocky ice. They are a beautiful
aqua marine colour. Glaciers are usually divided into
groups by colour. There are two types of glaciers.
There are alpine glaciers that form in the mountain
areas. Continental glaciers form ice sheets.

Glaciers change the shape of mountains. They are
usually V shaped. Before a glacier takes over it turns
the mountains into a U shape. Did you know that 47
countries and 10% of the earth have Glaciers? In New
Zealand there are two glaciers called, Fox Glacier and
Franz Josef Glacier. Glaciers are mostly found in
Greenland and Antarctica. Greenland is not what you
think, it is really cold and has no grass at all.
Fun fact, Lambert Glacier is the largest glacier in
the world. It is 100k wide, 400km long and 2.5
kilometres deep.

If all glaciers melt the whole of London would be
covered in water.