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What are flat deposits of rocks called?
moraines
Moraines are deposits of rock gravel and dirt that have been leftt behind by what kind of natural feature?
glacier
Small hills that are formed from deposits left by streams on the surface of a glacier are called what?
Kames. Many are found in areas of kettles and moraines.
Ice erodes rock and deposits sediments to form?
Glacial ice erosion will form: * Corries (cirques) * Aretes * Pyramidal Peaks * U-shaped troughs * Hanging Valleys * Truncated Spurs * Rouche Moutonees * Striations * Rock Steps Sediment deposition (resulting from glacial processes) will form: * Ice-transported boulders * Erratics * Lateral moraines * Medial moraines * Terminal moraines * Recessional moraines * Push moraines * Varves * Eskers * Delta kames * Kame terraces * Braided streams * Flat bottoms to U-shaped valleys
Are moraines formed by erosion or deposition?
Moraines are the deposited remains that are left when a glacier melts and retreats. Therefore, erosion must have first taken place further up the glacier, and the debris carried down to be left at the melting point as stoney mounds.
What are flat deposits of rock?
moraines
What are flat deposits of rocks called?
moraines
What are depressions left by melted blocks of ice in glacial deposits called?
The depressions left behind are called kettles. The raised areas are called moraines.
Small hills that are formed form deposits left by streams on the surface of glacier are called?
Kames. Many are found in areas of kettles and moraines.
What do you call a deposit of clay sandand gravel left behind by a glacier?
Apron: Defined as an area covered by sand and gravel deposited at the front of a glacial moraine Outwash material/sandur. Or if into water a varve.
When deposits of till build up What is left behind?
When deposits of till build up, they can leave behind various landforms such as moraines, drumlins, eskers, and outwash plains. These features are created by the movement of glaciers and the deposition of sediments as the glacier retreats.
How moraines form?
Moraines form when a glacier moves down a mountain until it reaches temperatures warm enough to melt. As the ice melts, it deposits sediment. This sediment form ridges called moraines. Sources: My earth science book.
Moraines are deposits of rock gravel and dirt that have been leftt behind by what kind of natural feature?
glacier
Ridges of debris left by melting water?
moraines
Small hills that are formed from deposits left by streams on the surface of a glacier are called what?
Kames. Many are found in areas of kettles and moraines.
Ice erodes rock and deposits sediments to form?
Glacial ice erosion will form: * Corries (cirques) * Aretes * Pyramidal Peaks * U-shaped troughs * Hanging Valleys * Truncated Spurs * Rouche Moutonees * Striations * Rock Steps Sediment deposition (resulting from glacial processes) will form: * Ice-transported boulders * Erratics * Lateral moraines * Medial moraines * Terminal moraines * Recessional moraines * Push moraines * Varves * Eskers * Delta kames * Kame terraces * Braided streams * Flat bottoms to U-shaped valleys
Are moraines formed by erosion or deposition?
Moraines are the deposited remains that are left when a glacier melts and retreats. Therefore, erosion must have first taken place further up the glacier, and the debris carried down to be left at the melting point as stoney mounds.
