GLACIATION REFRESHER QUIZ

Fill in the gaps.

Firn / Neve  
Extending Flow  
 

 

An armchair shaped hollow in an upland area which used to contain a glacier.
Icefall  

 

Zone of Accumulation  
Healthy glacier  
  Material which is held within the glacier itself
Crevasses  
  A type of movement which involves the glacier sliding over a layer of meltwater at the base.
Arete  
Reigel  
  The top end of a glaciated valley.
Regelation  
Striation  
  A side valley eroded through a ridge, caused by an 'overflow' of ice.

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