Fluvioglacial Landforms

Question 1

Outwash Plain/ Sandur

Answer 1

meltwater carries out a huge load of sediment and deposits it at the front of the glacier

Question 2

Braided Stream

Answer 2

during seasonal melts the outwash plain excess sediment overflows down a stream and braids it when trying to find the most efficient path downstream

Question 3

esker

Answer 3

long ridge of sediment running in the direction of flow
created by subglacial flow

Question 4

kame

Answer 4

glacier deposits sediment at the front of it and it builds up creating a kame
when glacier retreats it will collapse

Question 5

Kame terrace

Answer 5

sediment deposited at the sides of the glacier by meltwater streams

Question 6

kettle hole

Answer 6

meltwater streams bury dead ice under sediment. ice melts and leaves a hole in the ground

Question 7

proglacial lake

Answer 7

a lake forming in front of the glacier, damned by terminal moraine

Question 8

Glacial Varves

Answer 8

layers of sediment deposited under a proglacial lake

Question 9

Varve is heavier silt. what does this mean

Answer 9

warmer periods

Question 10

varve is finer silt. what does this mean

Answer 10

cooler period