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Glaciers Flashcards

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snow-linethe lowest level that permanent snow reaches in the summer
roche mountonneesrounded knobs of bedrock produced by moving glaciers
tillunsorted debris left by a glaciers
striationssmall scratches in rock produced by small rocks scraping the bedrock
grooveslarge troughs left in the bedrock when boulders scrape across it
erraticlarge boulders deposited by glaciers that don't match the bedrock
drumlina canoe shaped hill of till left when a glacier runs over a moraine
end morainea large pile of till left at the end of a glacier when it melts and drops the debris it is carrying
terminal morainethe moraine left at the farthest point of the glaicer's advance
lateral morainea moraine left on the side of a glacier
kettle lakeround depression left in the ground when a piece of a glacier breaks off and melts
abrasionthe scraping of rock
zone of wastagearea of a glacier where the snow is melting faster than it is falling
outwash plainborad stratified deposit of sediment formed by the terminal moraine by glaical meltwater
ice shelveslarge area of a continental ice sheet that extends out into the ocean
hanging valleya small valley left high above the main valley floor when a tributarty glacier meets a larger glaicer, often have waterfalls
continental ice sheetsl very large glacier that forms in polar areas and smooths the landscape as it moves along
valley glaicerslow-moving, wedge shaped stream of ice that carves sharp features into the landscape
stratified driftglacial drift sorted into layers by size of particles
zone of accumulationarea of a glacier where snow is falling faster than it is melting

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