Glaciers have a low velocity. - Vidyadip

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Glaciers have a low velocity.

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In the high altitude areas and the areas of high elevation, the ice slides down the slope. Such a sliding mass of ice is called a glacier.
As the ice moving in a glacier is in the solid state, its velocity is very low.
The thickness of the accumulated ice, the temperature and the slope of the land are the factors that determine the velocity of the glacier.

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