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continental glacier

A glacier that covers much of a continent or large island

glacier

A large mass of moving ice and snow on land

valley glacier

A long, narrow glacier that forms when snow and ice build up in a mountain valley

moraine

A ridge formed by the till deposited at the edge of a glacier.

kettle

A small depression that forms when a chunk of ice is left in glacial till

Abrasion

The grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried in water, ice, or wind

plucking

The process by which a glacier picks up rocks as it flows over the land

till

The sediments deposited directly by a glacier

ice age

any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface


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