Find a term from the labs, understand the process behind it, and see how it appears in the landscape. Each entry connects an explanation with a real observation and a model you can explore.
Term
Nivation
Weathering, meltwater movement and other processes around persistent snow patches that can help enlarge shallow hollows.
What to look for
Cwm Craf on Blorenge, Wales, has been interpreted as a former nivation hollow. Persistent snow patches can promote weathering and sediment removal without forming a moving glacier. The foreground hollow lies in a glacial moraine.
