Deposition Flashcards

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Drumlins

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Elongated hills where the upstream end is round and the downstream end is pointed.

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Erratics

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Large rocks transported by a glacier then deposited in a place made from a different type of rock. This makes them look very out of place because they are also very large.

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Till

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Unsorted mixtures carried by glaciers

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Ablation

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Melting. The zone of ablation is when a glacier loses more ice than it gains in a year.

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