stackyFACTSRivers cut neat, polite V-shaped canyons, but glaciers are absolute bulldozers. As these colossal rivers of ice slowly grind their way down a mountain, they ruthlessly scrape away millions of tons of bedrock, leaving behind a massive, smoothed-out U-shaped valley. They are nature's slow-motion demolition crew.
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