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Glaciers push up mounds of dirt as the advance forward.
When they recede, they leave these mounds of earth, debris and rock
What are these mounds called? In my ancient memory, I thought they were called doldrums, but this doesn't seem to be right judging from the responses I have obtained from this site.
The hills are called moraines or just a moraine.
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What is the name of bowl like features cut into mountains or hills where glaciers form?
Cirques are bowl-like features cut into mountains or hills where glaciers form. They are typically found at high elevations and are formed by the erosive action of glaciers carving out the landscape.
What are glaciers forming long smooth hills?
They are called drumlins.
What is the name of a bowl-like features cut into mountains or hills where glaciers form?
Cirque.
How did continental ice sheets shape the landscape of the northwest highland?
The Northwest Highlands is an ancient eroded region of rugged hills and low mountains. During the last ice age, glaciers scoured the landscapes of Scandinavia and much of the British Isles. Glaciers carved fjords along Norway's coast. When the ice melted, the retreating glaciers left behind thin soils and thousands of lakes.
How do glaciers form hill and plains?
Glaciers are made up of fallen snow that over many, many years becomes compressed into thickened ice masses. When this becomes too heavy, gravity causes the ice to flow very slowly, and the action of the ice cuts out plains and hills whilst travelling, picking up all the rock and other material in its way. The power of the ice cuts out softer material and grinds on the harder stuff. And land is shaped in this way.
