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Glaciers & Streams Part 1 Mr. King. Horn U-shaped Valley.

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1 Glaciers & Streams Part 1 Mr. King

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3 Horn

4 U-shaped Valley

5 Horn U-shaped Valley Arêtes

6 Horn U-shaped Valley Arêtes Cirque

7 Horn U-shaped Valley Arêtes Cirque Hanging Valley

8 Horn U-shaped Valley Arêtes Cirque Hanging Valley Crevasse

9 Horn U-shaped Valley Arêtes Cirque Hanging Valley Crevasse Glacier

10 Horn U-shaped Valley Arêtes Cirque Hanging Valley Crevasse Glacier

11 Horn U-shaped Valley Arêtes Cirque Hanging Valley Crevasse Glacier

12 Crevasse Cracks in the snowfield Created as the glacier moves over uneven terrain Very dangerous to climbers

13 Horn U-shaped Valley Arêtes Cirque Hanging Valley Crevasse Glacier

14 U-shaped Valley Terrain created by an alpine glacier V-Valley created by a stream

15 Horn U-shaped Valley Arêtes Cirque Hanging Valley Crevasse Glacier

16 Horn Usually 3 sided Very jagged Arêtes are shaped off the horns sides

17 Horn U-shaped Valley Arêtes Cirque Hanging Valley Crevasse Glacier

18 Cirque Place where snow accumulates Highest part of the glacier Usually by a horn or arêtes Looks like an amphitheater

19 Horn U-shaped Valley Arêtes Cirque Hanging Valley Crevasse Glacier

20 Hanging Valley This is a place where one glacier moves perpendicular into another glacier After the snow clears a large water fall usually is present

21 Horn U-shaped Valley Arêtes Cirque Hanging Valley Crevasse Glacier

22 Arêtes Very steep sided ridges left behind large glacier action Arêtes are usually connected to horns In most cases, they are jagged

23 Horn U-shaped Valley Arêtes Cirque Hanging Valley Crevasse Glacier

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25 Kettle Lakes

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27 Moraine

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29 Glacial till looks like milk in the water - it is ground up rock

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31 End of Part 1


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