Valley and Continental Glaciers

A jagged, narrow ridge that separates two adjacent glacier valleys or cirques.

A bowl shaped basin carved by a glacier.

<p>A pointed mountain peak, typically pyramidal in shape, bounded by walls of three or more cirques.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Large lakes left behind in long basins by glaciers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A ridge formed by the till deposited at the edge of a glacier.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A small depression formed when a chunk of ice is left in sediment and then melts, filling with water.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A long mound of till that is smoothed in the direction of the glacier's flow.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A valley scooped out in a U shape by a flowing glacier.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Forms when the level of the sea rises, filling a valley that was previously cut by a glacier.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface.</p> Signup and view all the answers