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glacier
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A glacier is a thick mass of land.
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valley glacier
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are small glaciers in mountain areas slowly following narrow stream valleys
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alpine glaciers
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are also small glaciers in mountain areas slowly following narrow steam valleys
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ice sheets
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are huge sheets that cover a continent
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till
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unlayered mixture of soils,gravel,rocks, and boulders
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why a glaciers moves
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Glacial movement is affected by weight,slope,type of surface, and general size
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erratic
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is a random boulders left behind by a glacier(not in piles)
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striations
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scratches/grooves on rocks created as glaciers drag sediments across the suface
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horn
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a sharp peak at the top of a mountain left after a glacier
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arete
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is a thin ridge exdending a horn sep. cique
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