Q. The largest reservoir of fresh water is:

A
Ground Water
B
Ponds
C
Lakes
D
Glaciers
Solution:
  • A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight.
  • A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries.
  • Glaciers slowly deform and flow under stresses induced by their weight, creating crevasses, seracs, and other distinguishing features.
  • They also abrade rock and debris from their substrate to create landforms such as cirques, moraines, or fjords.
  • Glaciers form only on land and are distinct from the much thinner sea ice and lake ice that forms on the surface of bodies of water.
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