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Created on: 15-09-12 15:40

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Across

1. when ice crystals move and rearrange themselves into horizontal layers allowing them to slide over each other and move the glacier downhill. (8, 11)
5. process where snow is lost from a glacier (8)
7. biggest type of glacier, can be 2-3 km thick and cover the surrounding landscape (3, 5)
8. layers of firn build up to form this (6)

Down

2. type of glacier that flows down a valley from the above mountain snowline (6, 7)
3. when the pressure of the ice melts the base of the glacier causing it to move faster (5, 7)
4. mini version of a ice sheet, can be 50,000km2 in area (3, 5)
6. a large body of compressed snow (7)
9. when ice crystals compact to form this feature (4)
10. process when snow is added to a glacier (12)

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