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12 Cards in this Set
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Glacier
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large mass of ice
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Horns
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pyramid shaped peaks formed by 3 or more cirques
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Are^tes
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jagged ridges that form between cirques cutting into the same mountain
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U-shaped valleys
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form when a glacier erodes a river valley from it's original v shape to a u shape
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Hanging valley
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valley that are smaller and join the deeper main valley
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Glacial Drift
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The rock material carried and deposited by glaciers
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till
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unsorted rock material that is deposited directly by a melting glacier
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stratified drift
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aglacial deposit that has been sorted and layered by the action of streams or meltwater
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mass movement
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a movment of asection ofland down a slope
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Rock fall
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a group of loose rocks that fall down a steep slope
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mudflow
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the flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water
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creep
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the slow downhill movement of weathered rock material
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