Question

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

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Answer:

The difference between glacier accumulation and glacier waste.

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