Eskers
Glacial Erosion formed Yosemite Valley and the Sierra Nevada
A cirque, also known as a Cwm or Corrie, is a feature of glacial erosion, formed in a mountainside.
erosion and glacial lakes
No, eskers are not caused by glacial erosion. Eskers are long, winding ridges of sand and gravel that are formed by meltwater streams flowing in tunnels within or under glaciers. Glacial erosion refers to the process by which glaciers carve and shape the land through the movement of ice and debris.
The Maquoketa caves in Iowa were formed through years of natural non-glacial erosion.
A U-Shaped Valley is formed by glacial erosion.
Glacial erosion requires movement. Thus, glacial erosion begins as soon as the glacier starts moving.
The name given to lakes formed through glacial erosion is "glacial lakes." These lakes are created when glaciers carve out depressions in the land, which then fill with melted ice and water. They often have unique characteristics, such as a circular shape and steep sides.
A mountain is a sharpened peak formed by the glacial actions of three cirques on a mountaintop. Since we know that a cirque is a bowl-shaped basin formed by EROSION and a mountain horn is formed by three CIRQUES it becomes clear that mountain horns are formed by erosion.
Cirques are bowl-shaped depressions formed by glacial erosion at the head of a glacier. Arêtes are narrow ridges that separate two adjacent glacial valleys. Roche moutonnées are glacier-smoothed bedrock outcrops with a gentle up-glacier slope and a steep down-glacier slope.
Cirques are typically formed as a result of erosion. They are amphitheater-like hollows on a mountain's side, created by glacial erosion processes such as plucking and abrasion.
A 'U' shaped valley indicates glacial erosion.