Author Question: What is a fiord, and how does one form? What will be an ideal ... (Read 78 times)

cmoore54 · **on:** Jul 15, 2018

What is a fiord, and how does one form? What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

How can you tell a river valley from a glacial valley if there is no glacier within the valley? What will be an ideal response?

verrinzo · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 15, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A fiord is a long, steep-walled glacial trough, now filled by an arm of the ocean. They formed when
sea level was much lower and glaciers eroded their valleys below what is now sea level. When sea
level rose, the valleys were flooded.

Answer to Question 2

Rivers carve V-shaped valleys, but glaciers form U-shaped valleys.