'Main valley' diaporamas de présentation

Glaciers

Glaciers . January 21, 2011. Glaciers. Glaciers act as agents of erosion and deposition to help to create unique landforms which you will study in this unit Glacier : A large mass of ice resting on land or floating as an ice shelf in the sea adjacent to land. Glacier. Introduction.

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Glaciation Revision for you.

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Glaciated Landscapes

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Ice

Glacial Erosion. 1. Rocks frozen into glacier ice. Ice. 2. Glacier moves. Valley Floor. 3. Rocks scrape along the valley floor and erode it. This type of erosion is called abrasion. Glacial Erosion. 1. Ice freezes around bits of rock.

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River Landforms represented on O.S. Maps

River Landforms represented on O.S. Maps. V-Shaped Valley. Interlocking Spurs. Waterfall. Meander Examples. Lacustrine Delta. Exam Questions. Glacial Landforms represented on O.S. Maps. Truncated spurs

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Glacial landforms

Glacial landforms. How is a corrie formed?. Snow collects in a natural hollow on the side of a mountain. Over time, further snow collects in the hollow. This extra weight compresses the snow underneath, turning it into ice. rock lip.

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