glacial groove

glacial groove
   A deep, wide, usually straight furrow cut in bedrock by the abrasive action of a rock fragment embedded in the bottom of a moving glacier; it is larger and deeper than a glacial striation, ranging in size from a deep scratch to a small glacial valley.
   Compare: flute.
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Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

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