EAS Alpine Glaciers

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Where are ALPINE GLACIERS formed?

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In mountains

Front

How do most ALPINE GLACIERS act?

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Rivers of ice moving in wide valleys

Front

What are the shapes of the valleys that remain behind after the ice melts from ALPINE GLACIERS?

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U-Shape Valley

Front

What are the shapes of the valleys that remain behind after the ice melts from ALPINE GLACIERS?

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Front

Look at the picture. Which feature is A?

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Medial Moraine

Front

Look at the picture. Which feature is B?

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Lateral Moraine

Front

Look at the picture. Which feature is C?

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Cirque glacier

Front

Look at the picture. Which feature is D?

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Valley glacier

Front

What is the layer of till and rocky sediment that forms between two side-by-side valley glaciers?

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Medial moraine

Front

What is the layer of till and rocky sediment that forms along the edges of a valley glacier due to its erosion of the valley sides?

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Lateral moraine