### formation | glacier:

Alpine glacier
* are by far the most numerous today
  - where several Cirque glaciers meet
* create large U-shaped glacial valleys and cut through large mountains.
* form in high elevation areas throughout the world
  - mountain areas
  - the mountains
+ Glacier, Creation: Landforms
  * Alpine glaciers form in mountain areas. They are smaller than continental glaciers. Alpine glaciers usually flow until they reach a point where the temperature is warm enough that the ice melts completely during the summer.

Cold glacier
* move much more slowly than warm glaciers.
* tend to move very slowly because there is no basal sliding.

### formation | glacier:

Continental glacier
* are areally extensive ice sheets covering continents to a few meters depth
  - glaciers that spread out over a large area of land
  - huge sheets of ice that cover thousands of square kilometers
  - usually much larger and more slowly moving than valley glaciers
  * Continental glaciers are glaciers that spread out over a large area of land. They were created mostly during the Ice Ages a long time ago. There are still some continental glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica. They often flow downwards into the sea and break up. The broken parts that float in the sea are called icebergs.

### formation | glacier | continental glacier:

Polar glacier
* Most polar glaciers are too cold to have meltwater.
* have a very gentle relationship with the landscape.

Rock glacier
* are common.
* occur by the hundreds in the Alaska Range.

Tidewater glacier
* calve icebergs into the sea.
* empty directly into the sea.
* follow their own cycles that are independent of short-term climate changes.

Valley glacier
* bite deeply into the rugged, mountainous coun- try in which they are formed.
* form in the mountain peaks and can flow downward and outward through the valleys.

Highland
* are colder than surrounding lowlands
  - stations
* includes inclines
  - slopes
* is elevation

### formation | highland:

Plateau
* are flat areas
  - lands that have been elevated
  - large flat areas which drop off sharply on at least one side
* have climates
  - moderate climates
* surround cities.

### formation:

Hill
* Most hills have climates
* are generally long with a small incline or decline
  - ground
  - higher ground
  - hills, no matter where they are
  - homes to some animals
* are located in countrysides
  - forests
  - landscapes
  - parks
  - natural things
* are often a source of frustration to drivers when the roads are snow covered
  - the eroded remains of mountains
  - talls
  - used for climbing
* can be cold in winter.
* come in many sizes from small and flat to high and rolling.
* includes hillsides.
* oxidize gold.
* rise into mountains that rise into jagged peaks
  - out of plains criss-crossed by small rivers

### formation | hill | embankment:

Rampart
* are an elevated line of defense circling a city
  - embankments
  - part of fortification
* is an embankment

### formation | hill | embankment | rampart:

Earthwork
* are features that can be seen in relief
  - ramparts
* production pottery in Barbados.

Foothill
* Is the transition zone between prairie grasslands and the eastern side of the mountains.
* are hills.

Hummock
* also occur at the edges of the flat top.
* are where the roadway asphalt has pushed up in a wave-like shape.
* grow and their development seems to be regulated by hydrological conditions.

Molehill
* are circular mounds of dirt surrounding a vertical shaft.
* includes hillsides.

Steep hill
* divide island into several valleys, usually open on one side to sea.
+ Altenbrunslar, Geography: Villages in Hesse
  * The bedrock is made up of differently-coloured sandstones. The hilly landscape is formed by way that the sandstone wears down evenly. Some steep hills are the remains of volcanoes. The volcanoes were active in this area about 15-20 million years ago.