EAES Glacier Features

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Cirque

Erosional feature bowl shaped depression

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Arete

Erosional feature sharp ridge

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Horn

Erosional feature sharp pyramid

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U shaped Valley

Erosional broad valley carved by glacier

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Hanging Valley

Erosional feature valley above main valley

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Roche Moutonnee

Erosional feature assymetric bedrock hill shaped by ice movements

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Moraine

Depositional ridge of till deposited by glacier

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Drumlin

Depositional assymetric hill of till trees covered

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Esker

Depositional long winding ridge of sand and gravel

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Kettle Lake

Depositional depression