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L8 Mountain stream on glaciated bed rock. Co. Kerry, Ireland
Position:
N52°
W11° approx.
Elevation:
1500' / 460m approx.
Image format:
MF
MOUNTAIN STREAM ON GLACIATED BED ROCK
BED ROCK is the solid rock beneath our feet. In this mountainous
region of Ireland, Europe, the SLATE bed rock has been smoothed
and scoured by former GLACIERS. The mountain stream flows over
the chaotic terrain in the process of draining RAINFALL to the
nearby ATLANTIC OCEAN, fulfilling one part of the HYDROLOGICAL
CYCLE.
Less detail
Image Trail:
L9 Grooved rock - glacial action. Co. Kerry, Ireland
L21 Grooved rock - glacial action. Acadia National Park. Maine, USA
L65 Glaciers. Greenland
L66 Glacier. Greenland
L79 Glacial Polish on polygonal basalt, Devil's Post Pile, California,
USA
Links:
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3876/glaciers.html
http://www.davison.k12.mi.us/bentley/glaciers.htm
http://www.glaciers.net/
http://nsidc.org/glaciers/information.html
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/Glaciers/description_glaciers.html |
