Ice on the Land
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| Accumulation | Inputs to the glacier budget, such as snowfall and avalanches.
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| Ablation | Outputs from the glacier budget, such as melting.
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| Abrasion | The process of erosion involving the wearing away of the valley floor and sides.
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| Moraine | Sediment carried and deposited by the ice.
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| Corrie | A deep depression on a hillside with a steep back wall, often containing a lake (tarn).
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| Arête | A knife-edged ridge, often formed between two corries.
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| Pyramidal Peak | A sharp-edged mountain peak.
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| Glacial Trough | A wide, steep-sided valley eroded by a glacier.
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| Truncated Spur | An eroded interlocking spur characterised by having a very steep cliff.
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| Hanging Valley | A tributary glacial trough perched up on the side of a main valley, often marked by a waterfall.
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| Lateral Moraine | A ridge of frost-shattered sediment running along the edge of a glacier where it meets the valley side.
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| Medial Moraine | A ridge of sediment running down the centre of a glacier formed when two lateral moraines merge.
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| Terminal Moraine | A high ridge running across the valley representing the maximum advance of a glacier.
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| Drumlin | An egg-shaped hill found on the floor of a glacial trough.
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