GLACIERS

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Pyramidal peak

Two or more corries

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Arete

Two corries that have been put together

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Corrie

Starting point of glacier

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Truncated Spur

Blunt ended rock ridges from steep sides of U shaped valley

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Ribbon lake

Formed in a base of the glacial troughs once the ice has melted

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Hanging Valleys

Created when smaller valleys meet the main glaciated valley

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Erosion

Wearing away of the rock and soil against river bed and banks

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Plucking

Rocks become frozen into the bottom and sides of glacier

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