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Glaciers & Streams Part 1 Mr. King
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Horn
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U-shaped Valley
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Horn U-shaped Valley Arêtes
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Horn U-shaped Valley Arêtes Cirque
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Horn U-shaped Valley Arêtes Cirque Hanging Valley
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Horn U-shaped Valley Arêtes Cirque Hanging Valley Crevasse
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Horn U-shaped Valley Arêtes Cirque Hanging Valley Crevasse Glacier
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Horn U-shaped Valley Arêtes Cirque Hanging Valley Crevasse Glacier
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Horn U-shaped Valley Arêtes Cirque Hanging Valley Crevasse Glacier
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Crevasse Cracks in the snowfield Created as the glacier moves over uneven terrain Very dangerous to climbers
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Horn U-shaped Valley Arêtes Cirque Hanging Valley Crevasse Glacier
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U-shaped Valley Terrain created by an alpine glacier V-Valley created by a stream
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Horn U-shaped Valley Arêtes Cirque Hanging Valley Crevasse Glacier
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Horn Usually 3 sided Very jagged Arêtes are shaped off the horns sides
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Horn U-shaped Valley Arêtes Cirque Hanging Valley Crevasse Glacier
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Cirque Place where snow accumulates Highest part of the glacier Usually by a horn or arêtes Looks like an amphitheater
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Horn U-shaped Valley Arêtes Cirque Hanging Valley Crevasse Glacier
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Hanging Valley This is a place where one glacier moves perpendicular into another glacier After the snow clears a large water fall usually is present
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Horn U-shaped Valley Arêtes Cirque Hanging Valley Crevasse Glacier
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Arêtes Very steep sided ridges left behind large glacier action Arêtes are usually connected to horns In most cases, they are jagged
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Horn U-shaped Valley Arêtes Cirque Hanging Valley Crevasse Glacier
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Kettle Lakes
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Moraine
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Glacial till looks like milk in the water - it is ground up rock
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