Glacial Landforms

This Misty Mountains in middle earth are home to some of the largest glaciers the inhabitants of the land know. These glaciers occur when snow metamorphasize, which means the snow becomes more and more dense from repeated freezing and thawing, until after a long period of time it gets a bluish color.

Although glaciers are not present in every part on the Misty Mountains, the landforms are still greatly affected by the movement (advancement or ablation) and distribution of till, or the boulders, gravel, and sand left behind by the glacier. One of those landforms is a horn, or a pyramid shaped peak formed by cirque erosion on every side of the mountain.

Another landform that is common among the mountain region and other regions around middle earth are fjords. Fjords are glacial troughs (or U-Shaped valleys) that are filled with water due to sea level rise. The location of the statues of The Argonath is a fjord. Usually at the top of the fjords is an Arete, or a sharp, jaged, ridge that separates two glacial troughs.

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