Glaciation - Key words 5.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? GeographyHot and cold environmentsA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: SianSmithCreated on: 01-03-17 12:09 46710321598 Across 1. The loss of ice from a glacier due to surface melting (Summer Months) (8) 5. The wearing away of rocks by the action of water, ice or wind moving debris (8) 6. A lake which forms in the hollow base of a cirque (4) 8. A long and narrow ridge of sand and glacial debris which is raised above the surrounding land. It was once the bed of a stream that flowed beneath a glacier, and was left behind after the ice melted (5) 9. Glacial moraine consisting of thick clay with angular rocks (4) Down 2. These are created where smaller valleys meet the main glaciated valley. (7, 7) 3. Scratch marks found on rocks which were eroded by glaciers. These are parallel to the direction of ice movement. (10) 4. Moraine underneath the glacier (6, 7) 7. Glacial Valleys have a particular shaped cross section due to downward erosion across the entire valley floor, (1, 6, 6) 10. Moraine which collects at the end of a glacier (8, 7)
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