glacial trough
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Cross section of a glacial trough with a hanging valley (a smaller glacial trough). Glacial troughs are U-shaped and carved out by glaciers.
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An arête is a steep-sided ridge between two glacially-formed valleys, or corries. If three corries all erode towards the same point, a triangular arête may be formed.
Steep-sided, flat-bottomed valley formed by a glacier. The erosive action of the glacier and of the debris carried by it results in the formation not only of the trough itself but also of a number of associated features, such as hanging valleys (smaller glacial valleys that enter the trough at a higher level than the trough floor). Features characteristic of glacial deposition, such as drumlins, are commonly found on the floor of the trough, together with long lakes called ribbon lakes.
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