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River floodplain
( ) Glacial
b
Arête
Cirque
glacier
Basal debris
Medial
moraine
( ) Postglacial
c
Arête
Horn
Hanging
valley
Truncated
spur
Scree
Cirque
Ta r n
Lip
Terminal
moraine
Lateral
moraine
Step
Ground
moraine
Terminal
moraine
Figure 10.6
The evolution of some alpine glacial landforms. (a) A landscape before an ice age. (b) The same landscape
during an ice age, and (c) after an ice age.
Source:
After Trenhaile (1998, 128)
