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Accumulation |
The region of the glacier that collects precipitation |
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Ablation |
Region of a glacier that loses ice due to melting |
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Plucking |
The process of removing pieces of earth from advancing glaciers. |
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Lake Agassiz |
An immense glacial lake located in Manitoba (approx. 1300 ya) |
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Cirque |
an amphitheatre-like valley head, formed at the head of a valley glacier by erosion |
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Terminal moraine |
debris deposited at the end of glaciers. |
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hog back |
Rounded drumlin |
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Kettle |
a shallow, sediment-filled body of water formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters |
