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Glaciers 2018

Across
A bowl shaped depression at the head of a glacial valley
Material deposited directly by a glacier
A type of drift made up of rock debris and laid down by glacial meltwater.
This is the depth at which plasticity (plastic flow) can begin in a glacier. (2)
A continent covered in an ice sheet
This glacier flow is by means of mud and water (2)
This is the period of time as recent as 15,000 years ago. (2)
Two valley glaciers joining together to form a single ice stream (2)
The uppermost layer of a glacier is known as the zone of ______.
Debris that forms from a receding glacier (2)
This is the zone beneath the snowline that loses more ice than it gains.
Pyramid -like peaks (plural)
One of the ways that glaciers erode land. (starts with an "A")
The lowest elevation in a particular glacier that remains covered in snow all year
Down
Small lakes that form within end moraines and outwash plains
The process of large pieces of ice breaking off at the foot
Tapered landforms in which the steep side of the hill faces the direction where it came from
Snake-like ridges made up of sand and gravel that were deposited by streams once flowing in tunnels beneath glaciers.
This glacier has more than one center. (2)
A U-shaped valley that was carved by a glacier (2)
The other term for ice sheet (1st word only)
Layers or ridges of till left behind when glaciers melt
These can flow from hanging valleys
The percent of the Earth that is still covered by glaciers.
An opening made by ice that occurs at the top of a glacier that is very dangerous to hikers, skiers or mountain climbers.