AQA GCSE Geography · 8035
Specification 3.1.3.4 · Paper 1
Revise: Glacial Processes and Landforms of ErosionAfter the glacier melts, water fills the elongated basin, creating a ribbon lake. Windermere in the Lake District is an example.
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GCSE Geography · key term
A long, narrow lake occupying a basin deepened by glacial erosion.
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Specification 3.1.3.4 · Paper 1
Revise: Glacial Processes and Landforms of ErosionAfter the glacier melts, water fills the elongated basin, creating a ribbon lake. Windermere in the Lake District is an example.
Specification 1.12, 1.14 · Paper 1
A long, narrow lake occupying an over-deepened section of a glacial trough.
Revise: Glacial LandformsAfter the glacier melted, water collected there to form a ribbon lake. Windermere in the Lake District is an example. Its long, narrow shape follows the valley, whereas a tarn occupies a mountainside corrie.
A long, narrow lake occupying a glacially eroded basin within a valley.
Distinguish a tarn in a corrie from a ribbon lake in an elongated valley basin.
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