How Greenland Got Its Glaciers

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What and Why Is It There?

This article talks about how Greenland, famous for its glaciers and mountains today, and how it actually wasn't covered in all these snow-topped mountains and glaciers millions of years ago.  Greenland was actually true to its name, for a while. This article discusses tectonic plates and how they hit against each other, causing all these mountains we see today that make up Greenland. It discusses how ice and snow had formed overtime, Greenland becoming the cold snowy area it is today. It also talks about how events (flumes from the Earths mantle) overtime had affected parts of Greenland (pushing mountains up), comparing parts of Greenland that have been affected with this event with parts that haven't been affected (elevation in Greenland).  

How Does It Connect?

This connects to our geography because in class, we've spoke about how tectonic plates are constantly moving and cause different landforms such as mountains, ravines, volcanoes, etc. Greenland had gotten it's mountains from tectonic plates hitting against each other. This also connects with what we have learned because we learned that where an area is and the events that occur (either natural events or man-made events) can affect the area itself.