Glacial Landforms

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What is an Arete?
a steep sided ridge with a knife like edge
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How is a pyramidal peak formed?
Forms when three or more corries form back to back
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What is another name for a glacial trough?
u-shaped valley
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Whish type of glacier forms a hanging valley?
tributary
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What were truncated spurs prior to glaciation?
interlocking spurs
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What are valley steps?
steps into a glacial trough
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In what landform does a tarn form in?
corries
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Ribbon lakes can be found in...?
glacial troughs
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What is a river called if it did not create the valley which it inhabits?
misfit river
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How is a pyramidal peak formed?

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Forms when three or more corries form back to back

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What is another name for a glacial trough?

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Whish type of glacier forms a hanging valley?

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What were truncated spurs prior to glaciation?

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