Pile of scree and
boulder clay deposited
in a line along the sides
of a valley
Circular lake in a corrie
hollow eroded by a
glacier
The name given to all
materials deposited by
ice; usually it is clay
containing boulders of
different sizes within
it
Glacial abrasion
Moraine
Misfit Stream
Truncated Spurs
A process of erosion in
which rocks carried in
the bottom of the ice
wear away the surface
rock over which the ice
passes.
All materials deposited
after having been
transported by ice
Small river which flows
over the wide floor of
a glaciated valley; its
size is out of scale
with that of the valley
Higher areas on the
straight, rocky sides
of the glaciated valley
Plucking
Valley Glaciers
Ground Moraine
Striations
A process of erosion in
which blocks of rock
are torn away from the
bedrock as the ice
moves away
A moving mass of ice
confined within a valley
Surface deposits left
by glaciers and ice
sheets; the surface
formed is uneven
Deep grooves and
scratches on surface
rocks made by the
sharp edges of stones
carried in the bottom
of the ice
Hanging Valley
Arete
Pleistocene
Terminal Moraine
A tributary valley left
high above the main
valley floor so that its
stream flowing down
the main glacier sides
falls as a waterfall
Sharp-edged two sided
ridge on the top of a
mountain
Geologist’s name for
the last Ice Age when
ice covered much
larger areas of Europe,
North America and
Asia than it does today
Pile of boulder clay in a
line across the valley
or lowland dumped by
the ice at the furthest
point reached
Corrie
Glacial Trough
Drumlins
Medial Moraine
*START CARD*
A circular rock hollow
high on a mountainside,
surrounded by steep
and rocky walls but
with a rock lip on the
open side.
The flat floored and
steep sided valley
formed by a glacier,
usually referred to as
a U-shaped valley
Egg shaped hills made
of boulder clay up to
40m high and 400m
long; usually forming
together in ‘basket of
eggs’ scenery
Pile of loose material
carried and deposited
in the centre of the
ice
Rock Basin
Ice Sheet
Pyramidal Peak
*FINISH CARD*
Hollow in the valley
floor eroded by a
valley glacier
A moving mass of ice
which covers all the
land surface over a
wide area
Three sided slab of
rock which forms a
mountain peak
Erratic
Ribbon Lake
Glacial Till
Boulder found on the
surface which is
different from the
rock below it
Long and narrow lake in
the floor of a glaciated
valley
All materials deposited
by ice: it is an
alternative term for
boulder clay
Lateral Moraine
Tarn
Boulder Clay