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Glaciation terms

TermDefinition
Glaciated valley A V-shaped valley straightened and flattened by the movement of a large glacier to become a U-shaped valley
Cirque Also known as a ‘Corrie’, a large hollow on the side of a mountain. It has three steep sides and is the birth place of a glacier
Tarn A lake inside a cirque
Pyramidal peak Steep-sided pyramid-shaped mountain that was eroded on all sides by many cirques
Arête A narrow, steep -sided ridge, usually between two cirques
Paternoster lakes When a long, narrow lake occupies the floor of a glaciated valley, it is called a ribbon lake. When a few ribbon lakes are linked, they are called paternoster lakes.
Truncated spur Originally an interlocking spur that was eroded, having its ‘head’ cut off as the glacier moved through the valley
Hanging valley A small tributary valley that hangs above the main glaciated valley
Snowfields Area of permanent snow and ice supply for the glacier
Snout The front of a glacier where melt-water drips out from
Plucking Pieces of rock are lifted out of place by a moving glacier
Abrasion Plucked rocks are dragged and scraped along the surface under the glacier
Erratic Debris left behind by a melting glacier
Drumlin Rounded, egg shaped hills made of boulder clay created by glacial deposition
Outwash plains Low-land area of fine sand and gravel created by meltwater that dripped and flowed from the snout of the glacier
Created by: KBertier
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