D3
Lesson Summary
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- V-shaped valleys
- meander
- incised meander
- oxbow lake
- delta
- glacier
- cirque
- arête
- horn
- U-shaped valley
- valley glaciers
- continental glacier
- ice ages
- fjord
- hanging valley
- moraine
- esker
- drumlin
- Water is the Earth’s most important agent of erosion.
- Water produces landforms like V-shaped valleys, meanders, oxbow lakes, and deltas.
- Valley glaciers are formed high in mountainous areas, while continental glaciers cover extremely large land areas and are found only in Greenland and Antarctica.
- Glaciers produce landforms like cirques, arêtes, horns, U-shaped valleys, fjords, and hanging valleys directly through erosion.
- Glaciers also produce landforms like moraines, eskers, and drumlins through the deposition of material.