Glacial Landscape Formations Examples

Question 1

Example of terminal moraine?

Answer 1

Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand has terminal moraine 430m high.

Question 2

Example of lateral moraine?

Answer 2

Athabaskan Glacier in Canada has lateral moraine 1.5km long and 124m high.

Question 3

Example of erratics?

Answer 3

Silurian shale blocks in the Yorkshire Dales.

Question 4

Example of drumlins?

Answer 4

The hills of Elslack in North Yorkshire, which are 100m tall and 1km long.

Question 5

Example of a till sheet?

Answer 5

East Anglia, which are 30-50m deep and up to 75m in places.