Glaciers Science
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| Sharp, narrow ridge between two cirques, as a result of glacier erosion | Arete
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| Bedrock | Solid rock that was scratched by moving glaciers
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| Process by which ice breads off a glacier's end and falls into the ocean to become an iceberg | Calving
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| Cirque | Bowl shaped or amphitheater sculpted out of the mountain terrain by a glacier- it is the source of a glacier
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| A long narrow crack or opening in the glacier surface | Crevasse
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| Drumlin | Mound of glacier till with one steep side and one gentle side, it shows the direction the glacier moved
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| A rock or boulder that was moved to a new location by a glacier- it does not fit or match its environment | Erratic
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| Eskers | Very long snakelike ridges of sand and gravel
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| A long narrow coastal inlet with steep sides formed by glacial action | Fjord
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| Glacial flour | A fine powder of silt particles that always float and make the water an aqua or milky color
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| Accumulations of unsorted, mixtures of clay, silt, sand, gravel, and boulders; the usual composition of a moraine | Glacial till
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| Hanging valley | A valley that ends at a cliff with a steep rock wall and usually a waterfall
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| A large mass of ice that has broken away from a glacier and floats in the sea | Iceberg
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| Kames | Ridge formed by a glacier; a ridte of sand and gravel left by a melting glacier
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| A ridge-shaped moraine deposited at the side of a glacier and composed of material eroded from the valley wall by the moving glacier | Lateral moraine
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| Medial moraine | a ridge-shaped moraine in the middle of a glacier originating from a rock outcrop
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| When the position of a mountain glacier's terminus is farther up-valley than before | Retreats
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| Striation | Grooves or deep scratch markes created by a glacier
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| A glacial lake that is found in a cirque after the glacier melts | Tarns
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| Terminal moraine | Glacial till at the end of the glacier
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| A valley carved into the shape of a "U" by glacier action | U- shaped valley
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| V- shaped valley | A valley carved into the shape of a "V" usually by a river
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