Glacial Landscapes in the UKKey Facts
Named UK Examples — Exam Evidence Table
This key facts covers Named UK Examples — Exam Evidence Table within Glacial Landforms for GCSE Geography. Revise Glacial Landforms in Glacial Landscapes in the UK for GCSE Geography with 17 exam-style questions and 20 flashcards. This topic appears regularly enough that it should still be part of a steady revision cycle. It is section 10 of 16 in this topic. Use this key facts to connect the idea to the wider topic before moving on to questions and flashcards.
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📋 Named UK Examples — Exam Evidence Table
| Location | Landform Type | Key Evidence / Statistics | Exam Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Tarn, Helvellyn, Lake District | Corrie tarn | Located at 718 m on the northeast face of Helvellyn; the tarn occupies the over-deepened floor of a classic corrie; classic plucked back wall visible above the tarn | "Describe/explain corrie formation using a named UK example" |
| Glaslyn, Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), Snowdonia | Corrie tarn (cwm lake) | Located at ~600 m on the south face of Snowdon; one of several corries that together shaped the pyramidal peak of Snowdon; the lake is a deep, dark tarn in a near-vertical-walled hollow | Corrie tarn; also supporting evidence for Snowdon as pyramidal peak |
| Striding Edge, Helvellyn, Lake District | Arête | Narrow knife-edge ridge between Red Tarn corrie to the north and Nethermost Cove corrie to the south; one of England's most famous ridge walks; drops steeply on both sides | "Name and locate an arête in the UK" |
| Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), Snowdonia, Wales | Pyramidal peak | 1,085 m — highest point in Wales and England; multiple corries on different faces have created the pointed summit; Glaslyn, Cwm Dyli, and Cwm Brwynog are three of the corries | "Name and explain the formation of a pyramidal peak" |
| Nant Ffrancon, Snowdonia | U-shaped valley / glacial trough | Classic flat-floored, steep-sided glacial trough; truncated spurs visible on both valley sides; misfit stream (Afon Ogwen) flows along the flat valley floor; the valley is oversized relative to the current stream | "Describe/explain U-shaped valley formation using a named UK example" |
| Pistyll Rhaeadr, Wales | Hanging valley waterfall | 73 m — highest single-drop waterfall in England and Wales; a stream from a hanging valley tributary falls into the Afon Disgynfa; the height is evidence of the depth difference between the tributary glacier and the main valley glacier | Evidence of hanging valley; differential glacial erosion |
| Windermere, Lake District | Ribbon lake | 17 km long, up to 67 m deep — longest lake in England; occupies a rock basin over-deepened by the main Lake District glacier; lies in a classic U-shaped trough between the Langdale Pikes and Furness Fells | "Name and explain the formation of a ribbon lake" |
| Eden Valley, Cumbria | Drumlin swarm | Hundreds of drumlins elongated in a NNW–SSE direction, indicating former ice flow from the Cumbrian uplands toward the southwest; classic "basket of eggs" topography visible from higher ground | "How do drumlins provide evidence of past ice movement?" |
| Norber Erratics, Yorkshire Dales | Erratics | Silurian greywacke boulders (dark, hard rock) sitting on platforms of Carboniferous limestone; transported approximately 2.5 km southward by ice; boulders perched on limestone pedestals showing ~30 cm of limestone dissolution since deglaciation ~10,000 years ago | "What is an erratic and what does it tell us about past ice movement?" |
| Matterhorn, Swiss Alps | Pyramidal peak (international) | 4,478 m; four near-vertical rock faces formed by four corries eroding from each compass direction; iconic pyramidal shape; most famous example in the world | International example for pyramidal peak; comparison with Snowdon |