Glacial Landforms Drawing Activity

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🏔️ Part 1: Drawing Glacial Landforms

1. Draw and label a Corrie in the box below. Include the following features: steep back wall, armchair shape, and rock lip.

2. Draw and label an Arete in the box below. Show how it forms between two corries.

3. Draw and label a Pyramidal Peak in the box below. Show how multiple corries create this sharp, pointed summit.

4. What is a Corrie?

5. How is an Arete formed?

6. A Pyramidal Peak is formed when _______ or more corries erode backwards from different sides of a mountain.

7. Which glacial landform would you find at the highest point of a mountain?

Corrie

Arete

Pyramidal Peak

8. Name one famous example of a Pyramidal Peak in the UK:

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9. In the space below, draw a mountain showing all three landforms (Corrie, Arete, and Pyramidal Peak) and how they connect to each other.

10. Explain how these three landforms are all connected in their formation: