Landforms:
* Cirques: Bowl-shaped depressions formed by glacial erosion at the head of a valley.
* Aretes: Sharp, jagged ridges formed when two cirques erode back-to-back.
* Horns: Sharp, pointed peaks formed when three or more cirques erode towards each other.
* U-shaped valleys: Wide, deep valleys with steep sides, carved out by glaciers.
* Hanging valleys: Smaller valleys that join a larger valley at a higher elevation, formed by tributary glaciers.
* Truncated spurs: Triangular-shaped landforms that mark the point where a tributary valley joins the main valley.
* Moraines: Mounds of rock and sediment deposited by a glacier.
* Lateral moraines: Found along the sides of a glacier.
* Medial moraines: Formed when two glaciers merge and their lateral moraines join.
* Terminal moraines: Mark the furthest extent of a glacier.
* Recessional moraines: Series of moraines marking stages of retreat.
* Outwash plains: Areas in front of a glacier where meltwater has deposited sediment, forming flat plains.
* Kettles: Depressions formed when blocks of ice are left behind by a receding glacier and melt.
* Drumlins: Elongated, streamlined hills composed of glacial till.
* Eskers: Long, winding ridges of sand and gravel deposited by meltwater streams flowing beneath a glacier.
Sediments:
* Till: Unsorted, poorly stratified sediment deposited directly by a glacier.
* Outwash: Sorted and stratified sediment deposited by glacial meltwater.
* Loess: Fine-grained, windblown silt deposited by glacial meltwater.
Other:
* Glacial lakes: Lakes formed by glacial erosion or the damming of meltwater.
* Glacial erratics: Large boulders transported by glaciers from their source locations and deposited elsewhere.
These deposits are a testament to the powerful forces of alpine glaciation and provide valuable insights into past glacial activity.
