| Term |
Definition |
category |
| groove | scratches carved into rocks as a glacier drags material across its surface. | erosion |
| cirque | a deep and steep bowl-like depression produced by glacial erosion. | erosion |
| arete | a sharp, jagged ridge that forms between cirques. | erosion |
| horn | a sharp, pyramid-like peak that forms between cirques. | erosion |
| rouche moutonnee | rounded rocks with one broken side, sticking out of the ground. | erosion |
| U-shaped vally | a valley that is carved by a glacier, it has steep sides and a rounded bottom. | erosion |
| hanging valley | a tributary valley suspended above a main valley- often has a waterfall. | erosion |
| erratic | a large rock transported from a distant source. | deposition |
| glacial drift | rock material carried and deposited by glaciers. | deposition |
| till | unsorted material deposited directly by a glacier. | deposition |
| meltwater | streams flowing from melting ice. | deposition |
| stratified drift | material that has been sorted and deposited in layers by streams flowing from the melted ice. | depostiton |
| glacial flour | The fine-grained sediment carried by glacial revers. | deposition |
| moraine | a landform that is made from unsorted sediments deposited by a glacier. | deposition |
| drumlin | long, low, tear-shaped mounds of till. | depostiton |
| outwash plain | a deposit of drift that lies in front of a glacier and is crossed by many meltwater streams | deposition |
| kettle | a depression formed when a chunck of ice is buried in the drift, then melts. If filled with water, it becomes a lake. | deposition |
| esker | a long, winding ridge of gravel and course sand deposited by glacial streams. | deposition |
| glacial lake | any lake formed by a glacier. | erosion |
| finger lake | long, narrow lakes formed by moraines. | erosion |
| paternoster lake | a series of glacial lakes connected by a single stream or a braided stream system. | erosion |
| tarn | a mountian lake formed at the bottom of a cirque. | erosion |
| salt lake | a lake where water only leaves through evaporation, over time salt builds up in the water. | erosion |
| f jord | a u-shaped valley that connects to the ocean and is filled with ocean water. | erosion |
