Glacier

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Glaciers are a system of flowing ice that form where more snow accumulates each year than melts. There are two major types of glaciers, continental and valley glaciers, which produce distinctive erosional and depositional landforms. As ice flows, it erodes the surface of the land by abrasion and plucking. Sediment is transported by the glacier and deposited where the ice melts. In the process, landscape is greatly modified.