Glacial Landform Case Studies

Question 1

Corrie example

Answer 1

Red Tarn, Lake District

Question 2

Arete example

Answer 2

Striding Edge, Lake District

Question 3

Glacial trough example

Answer 3

Glen Geusachan, The Cairngorms

Question 4

Hanging valley example

Answer 4

Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

Question 5

Roaches moutonnees example

Answer 5

Myot Hill, Falkirk, Scotland

Question 6

Till plain example

Answer 6

Saskatchewan Glacier, Alberta

Question 7

Erratic example

Answer 7

• Norber Erratics, Yorkshire Dales

Question 8

Moraine example

Answer 8

Wrangell-St, Elias, Alaska

Question 9

Drumlins example

Answer 9

Eureka Drumlin Field, Montana

Question 10

Patterned ground example

Answer 10

‘Stone Rings’, Svalbard

Question 11

Ice wedges example

Answer 11

Banks Island, Canada

Question 12

Pingos example

Answer 12

Pingo National Landmark, Canada

Question 13

Terracettes example

Answer 13

Kingston near Lewes, The South Downs

Question 14

Solifluction lobe example

Answer 14

Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Question 15

Blockfields example

Answer 15

Broad Crag, The Lake District

Question 16

Thermokarst example

Answer 16

Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canada

Question 17

Meltwater channels example

Answer 17

Ellesmere Island, Canada

Question 18

Kames example

Answer 18

Kirriemuir, Scotland

Question 19

Eskers example

Answer 19

The Kippet Hills Esker, Aberdeenshire

Question 20

Outwash plains example

Answer 20

Rendu Glacier, Alaska