Processes of glacial weathering, erosion and the characteristics and formation of associated landforms and lanscapes Crossword

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What occurs when water continually seeps into cracks, freezes and expands?
Half-open steep-sided hollow at the head of a valley/mountainside, formed by glacial erosion
A natural fracture in a body of rock
Situated underneath a glacier
Water causes this type of erosion
What type of process leaves a jagged landscape behind?
The speed ice movement
_______ occurs when rocks and stones become embedded in the base and sides of the glacier
A long, narrow, finger-shaped lake found in a glacial trough
Medium scale
U-shaped valleys
Side valley is cut off from the main valley below
A sharp mountain ridge
A glaciers function of ice temperature and the pressure of ice
Gouges cut into bedrock by glacial abrasion
Another word for moving apart
A large scale
What is the name for a ridge that descends down towards a valley, from higher elevation, and ends in an inverted V face?
In its most extreme form, it is called a glacial horn
Can water pass/not pass through the solid rock underlying loose deposits?

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