i thought a glacier was a huge mountain on snow and a floe was similar to an iceberg...
2007-01-03 10:48:20 · 3 answers · asked by allison m 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Just to clarify Randy G's answer, "sea ice" is seawater that has been frozen. (Yes, saltwater freezes if you get it cold enough.)
Icebergs are freshwater chunks of ice that break off from the bottoms of glaciers (if the bottom reaches the ocean). The top of the glacier is where the snow falls on it. The mass of it slowly goes downhill as its weight pulls it down and its friction against the ground slows it down. And the tip (or bottom) is where it either melts (because it is down where the temperature is warmer) or breaks off into the ocean (because the water is causing chunks to fall into the water as icebergs).
2007-01-03 11:14:44 · answer #1 · answered by actuator 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're close, an ice floe is a chunk of floating sea ice, while a glacier is a river of freshwater ice that slowly creaps down a mountain.
2007-01-03 10:56:18 · answer #2 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow you guys are retarded. A glacier is a very, very old mass of ice, usually found at the foot of mountains, that flows very slowly downwards. An iceberg is a piece of a glacier that has been broken off and floats in the ocean.
2016-05-22 23:59:11 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋