Mountain landforms

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Mind Map on Mountain landforms, created by Andrea Coley on 27/01/2016.
Andrea  Coley
Mind Map by Andrea Coley, updated more than 1 year ago
Andrea  Coley
Created by Andrea Coley almost 10 years ago
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Mountain landforms
  1. Corries/Cirques
    1. erosional
      1. Snow falls in hollow
        1. Compacts to ice
          1. Ice moves down under gravity
            1. plucking
              1. plucking is...
                1. moutain process
                2. hollow gets deeper
                3. abrasion
                  1. moraine deposited on lip
                    1. ice melts over time
                      1. tarn is formed
                    2. abrasion is
                      1. mountiain process
              2. moraine
                1. depositional
                  1. 3 types
                    1. terminal
                      1. bottom of the glacier
                      2. lateral
                        1. sides of the glacier
                        2. medial
                          1. middle of the glacier
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