IB Geography Glacial Landforms

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Erosion: Striations

Long scratches created where moraine scraped against resistant rock

<p>Long scratches created where moraine scraped against resistant rock</p>
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Erosion: Cirque/Corrie/Cwm

Steep sided, half-open hollow formed at the head of a glacier

<p>Steep sided, half-open hollow formed at the head of a glacier</p>
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Erosion: Tarn/Lochan/Corrie Lake

Lake formed by meltwater and/or precipitation in a cwm

<p>Lake formed by meltwater and/or precipitation in a cwm</p>
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Erosion: Horn/Pyramidal Peak

Forms where multiple cwms carve out the mountainside

<p>Forms where multiple cwms carve out the mountainside</p>
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Erosion: Truncated Spurs

Formed where a glacier cuts off interlocking spurs formed by a river

<p>Formed where a glacier cuts off interlocking spurs formed by a river</p>
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Erosion: Nunataks

Rocky island surrounded by glacial ice

<p>Rocky island surrounded by glacial ice</p>
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Erosion: Hanging Valley

Formed where the U-shaped valleys of tributary glaciers meet the main U-shaped valley

<p>Formed where the U-shaped valleys of tributary glaciers meet the main U-shaped valley</p>
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Erosion: ArĂŞte

Spine between two cwms or glacial valleys

<p>Spine between two cwms or glacial valleys</p>
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Erosion: Fjord

U-shaped valley flooded by rising sea levels

<p>U-shaped valley flooded by rising sea levels</p>
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Erosion: Ribbon/Finger Lake

Lake formed in the depression left by overdeepening by the base of a glacier

<p>Lake formed in the depression left by overdeepening by the base of a glacier</p>
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Erosion: Glacial Trough

U-shaped valley formed where a glacier has passed

<p>U-shaped valley formed where a glacier has passed</p>
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Erosion: Roche Mountonée

Rocks, one side smoothed by abrasion and the other steep and rough from plucking

<p>Rocks, one side smoothed by abrasion and the other steep and rough from plucking</p>
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Deposition: Till

Boulder clay, unconsolidated, variety of particle sizes

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Deposition: Erratics

Boulders deposited from the glacier with foreign geology

<p>Boulders deposited from the glacier with foreign geology</p>
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Deposition: Moraine

Any rock carried by the glacier, lateral, medial, ground, terminal

<p>Any rock carried by the glacier, lateral, medial, ground, terminal</p>
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Deposition: Drumlins

Smooth, elongated mounds of till, steep on one side and gentle on the other, often found in groups

<p>Smooth, elongated mounds of till, steep on one side and gentle on the other, often found in groups</p>
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Deposition: Kettle Holes/Lakes

Form from detached blocks of ice, melt and leave behind a depression which often fills with water

<p>Form from detached blocks of ice, melt and leave behind a depression which often fills with water</p>
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Deposition: Glacial Flour

Suspended load of rock dust in water

<p>Suspended load of rock dust in water</p>
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Deposition: Outwash

Flat areas of meltwater below the snout of glaciers, made from till, eskers, erratics, drumlins all found on this plain

<p>Flat areas of meltwater below the snout of glaciers, made from till, eskers, erratics, drumlins all found on this plain</p>
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Deposition: Eskers

Long, narrow ridges of sand+gravel, formed by deposits of sub-glacial meltwater streams

<p>Long, narrow ridges of sand+gravel, formed by deposits of sub-glacial meltwater streams</p>
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