Glaciers II Crossword Puzzle

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U SHAPED : This is the shape of glacial valleys.
DRUMLINS : These are small, hill-like deposits of debris left behind throughout the prairies by continental glaciers.
OUTWASH PLAINS : When temperatures warm, and continental ice sheets begin to melt, these may form as water carries & deposits debris once trapped in ice layers.
ERRATICS : Continental glaciers may deposit these huge, isolated boulders hundreds of kilometers from their point of origin.
TERMINAL MORAINE : This is the term for the huge pile of glacial drift at the farthest advancing end of a glacier.
PRO GLACIAL : As ablation continues, the terminal moraine may act as a natural dam to create this type of meltwater lake.
ICEFALL : This may form when huge blocks of  ice break off of a glacier and tumble down either a cliff or into a lake or ocean.
RIBBON : Lakes that form in depressions created by a glacier in a valley bottom are called this.
WATERFALL : . This is a common sight along the edge of a glaciated U-shaped valley; it flows through a hanging valley.
RECESSIONAL : As a glacier recedes, ridges of debris are deposited. This occurs when ablation equals accumulation & the glacier remains stationary, depositing this type of moraine at its snout.
HANGING : This is a small tributary valley that enters the side of a U-shaped valley far above the valley floor.
EROSIONAL : Many of these features of alpine glaciers can also be created by continental ice sheets.
KETTLE : This is a small lake resulting from the melting of a block of glacial ice in a depression.
ESKER : This is a long, snake-like ridge of stratified glacial deposits that forms when meltwater flows from tunnels at a glacier’s base.
CREVASSE : As an alpine glacier moves over uneven bedrock, the brittle surface layers of glacial ice may fracture into a deep crack called this.
TRUNCATED SPURS : These are steep, often vertical valley walls that are created when a glacier moves through a river valley and transforms it into a U-shaped valley.

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u shaped : this is the shape of glacial valleys.
drumlins : these are small, hill-like deposits of debris left behind throughout the prairies by continental glaciers.
outwash plains : when temperatures warm, and continental ice sheets begin to melt, these may form as water carries & deposits debris once trapped in ice layers.
erratics : continental glaciers may deposit these huge, isolated boulders hundreds of kilometers from their point of origin.
terminal moraine : this is the term for the huge pile of glacial drift at the farthest advancing end of a glacier.
pro glacial : as ablation continues, the terminal moraine may act as a natural dam to create this type of meltwater lake.
icefall : this may form when huge blocks of ice break off of a glacier and tumble down either a cliff or into a lake or ocean.
ribbon : lakes that form in depressions created by a glacier in a valley bottom are called this.
waterfall : . this is a common sight along the edge of a glaciated u-shaped valley; it flows through a hanging valley.
recessional : as a glacier recedes, ridges of debris are deposited. this occurs when ablation equals accumulation & the glacier remains stationary, depositing this type of moraine at its snout.
hanging : this is a small tributary valley that enters the side of a u-shaped valley far above the valley floor.
erosional : many of these features of alpine glaciers can also be created by continental ice sheets.
kettle : this is a small lake resulting from the melting of a block of glacial ice in a depression.
esker : this is a long, snake-like ridge of stratified glacial deposits that forms when meltwater flows from tunnels at a glacier’s base.
crevasse : as an alpine glacier moves over uneven bedrock, the brittle surface layers of glacial ice may fracture into a deep crack called this.
truncated spurs : these are steep, often vertical valley walls that are created when a glacier moves through a river valley and transforms it into a u-shaped valley.