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Glaciers Bucher Glacier, southeastern Alaska.

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1 Glaciers Bucher Glacier, southeastern Alaska

2 U-Shaped Valley

3 Hanging Glacier, Patagonia

4 Erosional Features of Glaciers
Striations: Scratches or grooves carved into bedrock by processes of glacial abrasion.

5 Erosional Features of Glaciers
Molded Wall: Lateral glacial abrasion has smoothed this metamorphic rock along the valley side. The flow lines indicate a downward direction.

6 Terminal Moranie Nellie Juan Glacier, southern Alaska

7 Medial Moraine Southeast Alaska, 1996

8 Lateral Moraine Valley Glacier, Baffin Island, Canada

9 Glacial Horn The Matterhorn: Switzerland/Italian Border
The 1st attempt at climbing the Matterhorn claimed the lives of 4 out of the 7 climbers.

10 Kuhmbu Icefall, Mt. Everest

11 Glacial Erratic How did this rock get to Central Park?

12 Glacial Erratic Glacial erratic of Fordham Gneiss in the New York
Botanical Gardens. How was this rock split?

13 Ice Caves Alaska’s Guyot Glacier

14 ???

15 Esker Northern Manitoba, Canada

16 Drumlins

17 Kettle Holes in the ground where large chunks of ice used to be.


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