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Glacier
Glacier Formation
Long and narrow.
Forms when snow and
ice build up where rivers
have carved valleys.
Fiord: forms when
water fills a valley
once cut by a glacier.
Area where more snow
falls than melts. Depth
must reach 30 to 40
meters for movement.
Covers a large
landmass or island,
spread out over large
areas.
Arête: a sharp ridge
separating two
cirques.
Horn: when glaciers
carve away the sides of
a mountain creating a
peak.
When a glacier picks up
rocks as it moves over
land, often breaking
them apart.
Any large mass of ice
that moves over land
The mixture of
sediments that a
glacier deposits on the
surface.
Usually a few cm per
year, but up to 6 km a
year. Continental spread
out like pancakes.
Cirque: A bowl
shaped hollow
eroded by a glacier.
As a glacier moves, it
drags rocks and creates
gouges in the bedrock.
The deposits at the
end of a glacier that
form a ridge.
U-Shaped Valley:
created when a flowing
glacier scoops out a
valley
Glacier Movement
Glacial Types
Valley Glacier
Continental Glacier
Glacial Erosion
Plucking
Abrasion
Glacial Deposition
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