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Detailed explanation-1: -Continental glaciers are much larger than alpine glaciers but it can be more difficult to see how they have eroded the landscape. are scraped away then the exposed bedrock is carved and polished by the passing ice. This happens much faster if there are lots of rocks and sand poking out from the bottom of the ice.

Detailed explanation-2: -Alpine glaciers are found in the mountain tops, but continental glaciers are found in masses like Greenland. Alpine glaciers are smaller compared to the continental glaciers. While alpines are found only in mountaintops, continental glaciers can be found in earth’s poles, regardless of its elevation.

Detailed explanation-3: -The largest glaciers are continental ice sheets or icecaps, enormous masses (greater than 50, 000 square kilometers [12 million acres]) of ice found only in Antarctica and Greenland.

Detailed explanation-4: -The largest glacier in the world, Antarctica’s Lambert Glacier, is one of the world’s fastest-moving ice streams.