glaciers
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Riley138046 on January 22, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 glaciers | is any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land |
| valley glaciers | is a long narrow glacier that forms when snow and ice build up high in a mountain valley |
| continental glacier | is a glacier that covers much of a continent or large island |
| plucking | is a galcier that flows over the land, it picks up rocks |
| till | the micture of sediments that a glacier deposits directly on the surface |
| cirque | can be found at the head of a glacial valley formed by a valley glacier |
| calving | great blocks break off to become ice bergs |
| abraisan | the process by which the glacier moves |
| horn | when the glacier is eroded on all sides |
| arete | when getting eroded on two sides |
| striation | coarse,sand,pebbles and sharp boulders leave along parrallel scratech. |
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