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glaciers a glacier is a large, slow - moving mass of ice. it forms as snow piles up and becomes densely packed, changing to solid ice. it is so heavy that the bottom gets warmer and melts. this causes the glacier to slide across the land.
one type of glacier is an alpine glacier, which forms high in the mountains and moves downward. these glaciers often push dirt and rocks ahead of them as they move through valleys. sometimes several glaciers come together in one large field of ice.
continental glaciers begin as a dome of ice and spread out in
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when several glaciers come together in one large field of ice, they can form
a cirque glacier
a piedmont glacier
an ice cap

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The passage describes different types of glaciers. When several glaciers combine in a large ice - field, they form an ice cap. A cirque glacier is a type of alpine glacier that forms in a bowl - shaped depression in the mountains. A piedmont glacier is a type of glacier that forms when an alpine glacier reaches a flat plain. An ice cap is a large, continuous mass of ice that covers a large area.

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an ice cap