Erosional Landforms:
* Cirques: Bowl-shaped depressions at the head of a glacier, often with steep sides and a backwall.
* Aretes: Sharp, jagged ridges that separate two adjacent cirques.
* Peaks: Pointed mountain summits created by the intersection of several cirques.
* U-shaped valleys: Wide, flat-bottomed valleys with steep sides, carved by the erosive power of glaciers.
* Hanging valleys: Smaller valleys that join a larger U-shaped valley at a higher elevation.
* Fjords: Deep, narrow inlets of the sea formed by the submergence of glaciated valleys.
* Truncated spurs: Triangular-shaped features created by the erosion of spurs that extend into a valley.
* Roche moutonnées: Smooth, rounded hills with a gentle slope on the upstream side and a steeper, more abrupt slope on the downstream side.
Depositional Landforms:
* Moraines: Ridges of glacial debris deposited at the edge or terminus of a glacier.
* Drumlins: Elongated, oval-shaped hills formed by the deposition of till beneath a glacier.
* Eskers: Long, winding ridges of sand and gravel deposited by meltwater streams flowing within or beneath a glacier.
* Kames: Small, conical hills of sand and gravel deposited by meltwater streams near the edge of a glacier.
* Outwash plains: Flat, gently sloping areas formed by the deposition of sand and gravel from meltwater streams.
* Kettle lakes: Depressions in the landscape formed when blocks of ice are buried in glacial deposits and subsequently melt.
These landforms are a testament to the powerful erosive and depositional forces of glaciers, shaping the landscape over long periods. They are common in areas that have been subjected to past glaciation, such as the Alps, the Himalayas, and parts of North America and Scandinavia.
