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GCSE	Edexcel Geography Specification A syllabus no.1312
A1  The Physical World	A1 b Glaciation
Chapter 1  pages	Tomorrow's Geography  Mike Harcourt and Steph Warren, published by Hodder and Stoughton 0 340 79965 X
Glacial Ice The build up of ice and the formation of corries.
Students should: Describe how ice accumulates on mountain slopes and explain the formation of corries.
Glacial Ice   2 lessons	worksheets for this section : Glacial1.doc worksheet on Formation of Glacial Ice. worksheet on Conditions which help snowfields develop ..Ice build up and the formation of corries.. conditions that favour build-up.  Corrie orientation in Snowdonia sheet on Building the Glacier Watch G 06 Valley Glaciers and use the worksheet Features of Ice Movement to add the diagram of ice flow, and the information required, from the video. The processes of ice erosion - from Scalloway .. then do the exercise!  corrie formation from Scalloway read this and the following pages and then do the exercise on corries, that is reached from this page. the text can be copied and used, with the diagrams, in your word-processed document on Corrie Landforms. corrie formation from Channel 4
Glacial Valley Landscapes   The changes to the river valley characteristics: U-shaped valleys, truncated spurs, hanging valleys, ribbon lakes, moraines, pyramidal peaks and arêtes.
Students should: Describe and explain the formation of U-shaped valleys, truncated spurs, hanging valleys, ribbon lakes, moraines, pyramidal peaks and arêtes.
Berarde, a U-shaped valley,  in the Ecrins National Park, France Glacial Valley Landscapes   5 lessons	worksheets for this section : Glacial1.doc Ice flows downhill from a number of corries, into the main valley. In so doing a number of very distinctive landforms are produced. worksheet on Valley Glaciers .. with text boxes to fill in on main glacial processes. worksheet on Glacial Valley Features .. with  letters to complete and links to Glacial Features of the Lauterbrunnen Valley.doc. s-cool on glacial landscapes ouc.bc on glaciation bbc.scotland on glacial features .. with diagram glacier system from mineralworld notes and graphics .. and exercises from Geography High mapwork map and photo - together! - of High Street.
Monte Rosa glacier, Zermatt, Switzerland. In the foreground is a moulin; the huge, smooth and dangerous hole down which a surface stream falls.	moraines, lakes and outwash
GCSE home	1. Coastal landscapes  2. Glaciated Landscapes  3. River Landscapes  meanders and waterfalls