Ja

wa
ha D
rl ep
al ar
tm
Ne e
hr nt
u o
Co f
ll Ge
eg og
e, ra
ph
Pa y
si
gha
t
GLACIAL LANDFORMS
 EROSIONAL LANDFORMS

 U-shaped valleys

t
ha
 Hanging valleys

g
Pa y
si
ph
 Cirques

e, ra
eg og
 Aretes

ll Ge

Co f
Horn u o
hr nt

 Nunataks
Ne e
tm


al ar

Roches moutonees
rl ep

 Fiords
ha D
wa
Ja
 U-SHAPED VALLEY
• The cross-section of glacial valleys is U-shaped which is
characterized by steep valley walls

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ha
g
Pa y
si
ph
e, ra
eg og
ll Ge
Co f
u o
hr nt
Ne e
tm
al ar
rl ep
ha D
wa
Ja
 HANGING VALLEYS
• The valleys of tributary glaciers which join the main glacial
valleys of much greater depth

t
ha
g
Pa y
si
ph
e, ra
eg og
ll Ge
Co f
u o
hr nt
Ne e
tm
al ar
rl ep
ha D
wa
Ja
 CIRQUE
• It is an armchair-shaped steep walled depressions
representing a glaciated valley head

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ha
g
Pa y
si
ph
e, ra
eg og
ll Ge
Co f
u o
hr nt
Ne e
tm
al ar
rl ep
ha D
wa
Ja
 HORNS AND ARETES
• A pyramidal or triangular-faceted peak formed due
to recession and intersection of three or more

t
ha
cirques

g
Pa y
si
ph
e, ra
eg og
ll Ge
Co f
u o
hr nt
Ne e
tm
al ar
rl ep
ha D
wa
Ja
Ja
wa
ha D
rl ep
al ar
tm
Ne e
hr nt
u o
Co f
ll Ge
eg og
e, ra
ph
Pa y
si
gha
t
Horns and Aretes contd...
 NUNATAK

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• The higher peaks and mounds surrounded by ice

ha
g
Pa y
from all sides

si
ph
e, ra
• They look like scattered small islands

eg og
ll Ge
• Therefore also called glacial islands
Co f
u o
hr nt
Ne e
tm
al ar
rl ep
ha D
wa
Ja
 ROUCHES MOUTONNEES
• These are streamlined asymmetrical hillocks, mounds
or hills having one side smoothly moulded with gentle

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slope and the steepened and craggy lee side

ha
g
Pa y
si
ph
e, ra
eg og
ll Ge
Co f
u o
hr nt
Ne e
tm
al ar
rl ep
ha D
wa
Ja
 FJORDS
• These are glacial troughs which are occupied by the sea
• Characterized by steep side walls and several hanging
valleys

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ha
g
Pa y
si
ph
e, ra
eg og
ll Ge
Co f
u o
hr nt
Ne e
tm
al ar
rl ep
ha D
wa
Ja
 DEPOSITIONAL LANDFORMS
 Moraines

t
ha
 Drumlins

g
Pa y
si
ph
 Esker

e, ra
eg og
ll Ge
 Kames
Co f
u o
 Kettles
hr nt
Ne e
tm

 Outwash Plains
al ar
rl ep
ha D
wa
Ja
 MORAINES
These are ridge-like depositional features of
glacial tills.

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1. Terminal

ha
g
Moraine: The

Pa y
si
ph
materials

e, ra
dropped at the

eg og
ll Ge
end of a

Co f
mountain
glacier. u o
hr nt
Ne e

2. Lateral Moraine:
tm
al ar

Materials
rl ep

deposited at
ha D

either of the
two sides of a
wa

glacier.
Ja
 Moraines contd...
3. Medial Moraine:
When two glaciers
join, the two

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lateral moraines

ha
also join and form

g
Pa y
si
ph
a single moraine at

e, ra
the confluence of

eg og
the two glaciers. It

ll Ge
is called medial
Co f
moraine. u o
hr nt
Ne e

4. Ground moraine:
tm

When glacial
al ar
rl ep

sediments (till) are

ha D

deposited at the
floor of glacial
wa

valleys.
Ja
DRUMLINS: A
smooth, egg-
shaped
hummock of

t
ha
glacial debris.

g
Pa y
si
ph
Drumlins look

e, ra
like an inverted

eg og
ll Ge
boat or spoon.

Co f
ESKERS: These u o
hr nt
Ne e

are long, narrow

tm
al ar

and sinuous
rl ep
ha D

ridges of sands
and gravels.
wa
Ja
 KAMES: Small hills or irregular mounds of bedded sands
and gravels which are deposited by meltwater
 KETTLES: These are depressions in the outwash plains

t
ha
g
Pa y
si
ph
e, ra
eg og
ll Ge
Co f
u o
hr nt
Ne e
tm
al ar
rl ep
ha D
wa
Ja
• OUTWASH PLAINS: An extensive land surface covered
by glaciofluvial sediments

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ha
g
Pa y
si
ph
e, ra
eg og
ll Ge
Co f
u o
hr nt
Ne e
tm
al ar
rl ep
ha D
wa
Ja
Ja
wa
ha D
rl ep
al ar
tm
Ne e
hr nt
u o
Co f
ll Ge
eg og
e, ra
ph
Pa y
si
gha
t
Ja
wa
ha D
rl ep
al ar
tm
Ne e
hr nt
u o
Co f
ll Ge
eg og
e, ra
ph
Pa y
si
g
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