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1. Lake District - landforms of
glacial erosion & deposition
AQA spec:
an upland area in the UK affected by glaciation to
identify its major landforms of erosion and
deposition.

2. Lake District - landforms of glacial erosion
Red Tarn - corrie
Striding Edge - arete
Grisedale - trough
n.b. Grisedale ribbon
lake

3. Lake District - landforms of glacial deposition
ERRATIC - boulders carried by
the glacier and then deposited in
an area of differing rock type. E.g
blocks of dark grit which stand
on the limestone platform at
Norber near Settle
Drumlins - These are smooth mounds of deposited material that are formed parallel to
the direction of the movement of the glacier. Between 30 and 40 m high and up to 500
m long.
A "swarm of drumlins" = usually a number in one single area. Formed by moraine being
deposited due to an obstruction causing an increase in friction or a slowing of the glacier.
Most of the material is deposited at one end of the drumlin,

4. Different types of moraine
● Terminal moraines are found at the terminus or the
furthest (end) point reached by a glacier.
● Lateral moraines are found deposited along the sides
of the glacier.
● Medial moraines are found at the junction between
two glaciers.
● Ground moraines are disorganised piles of rocks of
various shapes, sizes and of differing rock types.
Lake District - landforms of glacial deposition

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