Glacier(hard terms)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Alpine Glacier | A glacier confined to a valley |
| Cirque | steep sided, half bowl shaped recess at the head of the glacier |
| Hanging Valley | A valley left by a melted tributary glacier that enters a larger glacial valley above its base, high up on the valley wall. |
| Mountain Glacier | A glacier that forms in mountain areas usually creating glacial valleys. |
| Outwash Plains | The area ahead of a glacier where all of the glacial rivers alluvial fans combine. |
| Rouche Mountonee | ramp shaped rock carved by a glacier, shows directions glacier flowed (towards steep face) |
| Stratified Drift | Sediment deposited by a glacier in water, layers |
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