filling crevasse
1crevasse filling — A short, straight ridge of stratified sand and gravel believed to have been deposited in a crevasse of a wasting glacier and left standing after the ice melted; a variety of kame. May also occur as long, sinuous ridges and linear complexes of… …
2Zhoukoudian — Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian * UNESCO World Heritage Site Country …
3Nanga Parbat — ننگا پربت Nanga Parbat from Fairy Mead …
4McMurdo-South Pole highway — Infobox road marker highway name= McMurdo South Pole Highway name notes= alternate name= maint= length mi=900 length ref= length notes= established=2007 decommissioned= direction a= South terminus a= Amundsen Scott South Pole Station direction b …
5glacial landform — ▪ geology Introduction any product of flowing ice and meltwater. Such landforms are being produced today in glaciated areas, such as Greenland, Antarctica, and many of the world s higher mountain ranges. In addition, large expansions of present… …
6esker — A long, narrow, sinuous and steep sided ridge composed of irregularly stratified sand and gravel deposited as the bed of a stream flowing in an ice tunnel within or below the ice (subglacial) or between ice walls on top of the ice of a wasting …
7kame — A low mound, knob, hummock, or short irregular ridge, composed of stratified sand and gravel deposited by a subglacial stream as a fan or delta at the margin of a melting glacier; by a supraglacial stream in a low place or hole on the surface… …
