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# Definition Sets
1accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier12 sets
2a ridge formed by the till deposited at the edge of a glacier10 sets
3ridges formed from the till deposited at the edges of a glacier8 sets
4a ridge or hill of rock carried and finally deposited by a glacier6 sets
5an accumulation of rocky material transported and deposited by glacial ice5 sets
6a line of low hills formed by the rocks pushed at the front of a glacier4 sets
7rocks left behind by a glacier4 sets
8piles of rocky debris left by melting glaciers4 sets
9glacial deposit4 sets
10rock debris carried and deposited by a glacier3 sets
11landform made of deposits of soil, rocks (sediment) left by a glacier3 sets
12a ridge formed by the till deposited at the edge of a glacier.3 sets
13accumulation of glacial till3 sets
14large ridge of rocks and soil deposited by a glacier when it stops moving forward2 sets
15a deposit of till left behind by a retreating glacier2 sets
16the accumulation of glacial till2 sets
17a ridge formed when a glacier deposits its sediments2 sets
18forms where a glacier deposits mounds of ridges of till2 sets
19ridge of till deposited by a retreating glacier2 sets
20a mass of glacial till2 sets
21an accumulation of debris carried and deposited by a glacier2 sets
22a line of low hills formed by rocks pushed by glaciers2 sets
23a landform made of a glacial till2 sets
24deposits left by glaciers2 sets
25a ridge or hill of rock carried and finally deposited by a glacier.2 sets
26material deposited by a glacier, often in the form of hills2 sets
27till made of rocks and soil that the glacier has been pushing along, it looks like a ridge of material left behind by a bulldozer and is called _____.2 sets
28left over stuff from a glacier2 sets
29large ridge of rocks and soil deposited by a glacier when it stopps moving forward2 sets
30where till is dropped along the edge of a glaicer it forms2 sets
31a ridge formed at the edge of a glacier2 sets
32a ridge like mass of rock, clay, gravel and sand2 sets
33a deposit from a glacier2 sets
34a ridge at the edge of a glacier1 set
35a ridge of unsorted and unconsolidated glacial deposits.1 set
36a hill of glacial till deposited directly by a glacier.1 set
37a ridge formed by the till deposited at the edges of a glacier1 set
38ridges of till (lateral=sides, medial=mid of 2, end=end, ground=receding, terminal=farthest)1 set
39till deposited at the end of a glacier1 set
40the sediment at the end of the glacier1 set