What is the glacial budget? the amount of water required to form a glacier the difference between plastic flow and basal slippage the difference between glacial accumulation and glacial waste the amount of water lost during the last ice age

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Zayden Davila

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2 November, 18:43

What is the glacial budget? the amount of water required to form a glacier the difference between plastic flow and basal slippage the difference between glacial accumulation and glacial waste the amount of water lost during the last ice age

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Penelope Mcmillan · Answer 1

The difference between glacier accumulation and glacier waste.

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Answer: The difference between glacier accumulation and glacier waste.

Glacier budget refers to the balance develop between the amount of ice accumulate in a region and the amount of ice being lost through processes like sublimation, melting of ice and breaking of the icebergs. It follows two zones.

Accumulation zone: In this zone, the extent of accumulation of ice exceeds over the extent of melting.

Ablation or wasting zone: In this zone, the extent of wasting of ice due to reasons like melting, sublimation and others exceeds over the extent of accumulation of ice.