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Q: till plains
Answer:
landscape formed from sediment deposited beneath melting glacier
unsorted deposits
low and rolling relief
deranged (disorganized) drainage pattern
Q: moraine
Answer:
linear hills of glacial till
terminal ______- furthest place glacier could go t0
recessional
scientists use to get idea of how extensive glaciers are
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Q: drumlin
Answer:
teardrop-shaped hill formed when glacier moves through, removing softer
materials, leaving little hills behind
fields- multiple ones
Q: kame
Answer:
circular hill created when gap between glacier, glacier melts, deposits material that
fills in hole, forms hill
Q: esker
Answer:
linear feature created when sediment fills in channels
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Q: kettle lakes
Answer:
lakes formed by melting ice blocks, filled in
outwash fills in areas around dead ice (broken off from glacier)
Q: kettle holes
Answer:
not filled in
Q: outwash plains
Answer:
landforms of glacial meltwater that form in front of glacier
stratified deposits
Q: braided meltwater-fed streams
Answer:
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Q: alpine glaciation
Answer:
only modifies pre-glacial landscape, doesn't create hills or valleys
Q: streams
Answer:
formed by V-shaped valleys
Q: glaciers
Answer:
U-shaped valleys
caused by oversteepening of slopes
Q: cirques
Answer:
created by ice, deep erosional recesses
o usually at head of mountain valley