landforms

• Arete


  A narrow, steep-sided ridge formed when two glaciers flow in parallel valleys. The glaciers erode the sides of the valleys, sharpening the ridge between them.
• Arete


  • Striding Edge, Lake District
• Corrie


  A small hollow that collects snow which over time gets compressed into ice. As rotational slip takes place, the hollow is eroded into a steep-sided, armchair shape with a lip at the bottom end. When the ice melts, it can leave a small circular lake called a tarn.
• Corrie


  • Red Tarn, Lake District
• Ribbon Lake


  Long, thin lakes that form after a glacier retreats. They form in hollows where softer rock was eroded more than the surrounding hard rock.
• Ribbon Lake


  • Windermere, Lake District