landscapes
What are the different types of landscapes
Mountains , plateaus , plains
Glaciers create features through ?
Erosion and deposition, this is called un sorted glacial sediments
What is a drumlin
Tear drop formatioms formed by unsorted glacial till
What are mountains?
Areas of high elevation compared to surrounding area or sea level with no horizontal rock layers
Continental glaciers are known as ?
Ice sheets
What are kettle lakes
Ice blocks that melt in a large depression they create kettle lakes after
Landscapes with horizontal bedrock structures , steep slopes , and high elevations are classified as ?
Plateau regions
How are glaciers formed
They accumulate through snow and large amounts of ice
What are eskers
Ridges of sand deposited underneath the ice or deposited in tunnels
In which New York State landscape region is Niagara Falls located in?
Ontario lowlands
What are glaciers most respossible for in New York State
Most of all the glacier Features in new Yorkstate
What are Kames deltas
Deposited by a stream at the end of a glacier
Buffalo, and plattsburg are both located in landscape regions called ?
Lowlands
What are erratics
Large boulders dropped by ice
What is terminal moraine
Irregular mound that marks the most southern front of the glacier