The trade winds are one type of prevailing wind pattern. how many other types of prevailing winds are there among earth’s global wind patterns?

Aletsch glacier is the largest glacier in switzerland and the largest found in the alps, a mountain range which extends from monaco in the east to slovenia in the west. currently, the aletsch glacier is retreating. under what circumstances would this glacier see growth instead of retreat? a decline in plate tectonics across the mountain range annual snowfall that exceeds yearly losses an increase in ablation in the southern valleys a rise in temperatures to that of a mediterranean climate

Why slip off slopes are found on the inside of meanders? why river cliffs are found on the outside of meanders?

What’s word for a smaller earthquake that follows the main shock of a large earthquake?