Assertion: glacier | /r/CapableOf | flow downslope
Facets:
value: always
type: DEGREE
value: under their own weight
type: OTHER
value: through adjacent feeder valleys
type: LOCATION
value: in response to their driving stresses
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Glaciers flow downslope because they accumulate mass (ice) in their upper portions (from precipitation and from wind-blown snow) and ablate (melt, sublimate and calve ice bergs) in their lower portions.
text: The reason a glacier flows down a slope at all is because gravity pulls on its mass.
text: Glaciers always flow downslope under the weight of their own gravity.
text: Glaciers always flow downslope, through the processes of deformation and sliding.
text: When glaciers flow downslope, gravitational driving stresses are resisted (resistive stress).
text: Whether it is advancing or retreating, every glacier flows downslope, moving ice from its accumulation zone to its ablation zone:
text: Glaciers flowing downslope through adjacent feeder valleys ultimately meet, and debris entrained along their sides becomes concentrated in the central portion of the resulting single, large glacier—much as smaller streams of water join to form a single large river.
text: In Part I (Deformation and Sliding), we learned that glaciers flow downslope in response to their driving stresses, which are a function of the weight of the ice and gravity.
text: Glacier stress occurs because glaciers flow downslope under their own weight, and the strain rate is the ice response to this stress.
text: The reason a glacier flows down a slope at all is because gravity pulls on its mass.