Outline four ways in which a glaciated landscape is of negative significance to human activities.

      

Outline four ways in which a glaciated landscape is of negative significance to human activities.

  

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gideon
- Glacial erosion exposes minerals which are easy to exploit

- Fiord coastline provide good fishing grounds because they are deep and sheltered

- Glacial lakes provided natural water – ways e.g. Great lakes of North America

- Glaciated uplands provide suitable grazing lands as they form fine benches on which summer pastures grow e.g. in Switzerland

- Waterfalls formed by rivers which flow through hanging valleys provide sites for generating hydroelectricity

- Alluvial fans and out-wash plains are good sites for agriculture

- Glaciated landscape has features which attract tourists

- Natural harbours from fiords since they are deep
gideon1 answered the question on September 29, 2017 at 17:48


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