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1accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier11 sets
2a ridge formed by the till deposited at the edge of a glacier9 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
8glacial deposit4 sets
9a ridge formed by the till deposited at the edge of a glacier.3 sets
10piles of rocky debris left by melting glaciers3 sets
11accumulation of glacial till3 sets
12landform made of deposits of soil, rocks (sediment) left by a glacier3 sets
13rock debris carried and deposited by a glacier3 sets
14ridge of till deposited by a retreating glacier2 sets
15large ridge of rocks and soil deposited by a glacier when it stops moving forward2 sets
16the accumulation of glacial till2 sets
17a deposit from a glacier2 sets
18a ridge formed when a glacier deposits its sediments2 sets
19a mass of glacial till2 sets
20till 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
21large ridge of rocks and soil deposited by a glacier when it stopps moving forward2 sets
22a deposit of till left behind by a retreating glacier2 sets
23a landform made of a glacial till2 sets
24a ridge like mass of rock, clay, gravel and sand2 sets
25a ridge or hill of rock carried and finally deposited by a glacier.2 sets
26where till is dropped along the edge of a glaicer it forms2 sets
27material deposited by a glacier, often in the form of hills2 sets
28a ridge formed at the edge of a glacier2 sets
29a line of low hills formed by rocks pushed by glaciers2 sets
30forms where a glacier deposits mounds of ridges of till2 sets
31an accumulation of debris carried and deposited by a glacier2 sets
32a ridge that is formed from till that is deposited at the edges of a glacier1 set
33a ridge of unsorted and unconsolidated glacial deposits.1 set
34line of sediment dropped at the end of a glacier and unsorted1 set
35ridge of till that builds up as ice melts at an ice front.1 set
36large ridge of rocks and soils deposited by a glacier when it stops moving forward1 set
37a single, large mass of glacial till that accumulates, typically at the end of a glacier.1 set
38an accumulated of debris carried and deposited by a glacier.1 set
39a ridge at the edge of a glacier1 set
40deposit left by glacier1 set