3.1.3.4 Glacial landscapes in the UK (part a) GapFill

The maximum  snowsouthernLake Districtnorthern extent of the ice sheets that covered the UK in the  erasHoloceneBristolPleistocene period runs from London to  PleistoceneReadingBlackpoolBristol Over three quarters of England was covered by ice. The whole of Scotland, Wales and  Northern IrelandyearsIsle of WightEast Anglia were also covered. The ice changed the landscape. It eroded features such as the glacial  AlpstroughsBristoldrumlins in the  Northern IrelandLake DistrictEast AngliaDartmoor It deposited moraine in the low land areas such as in  PenninesterminalNorthern IrelandEast Anglia Cromer Ridge is a strip of  terminaltreeAlpsmedial moraine. Over the past 10,000  East AngliayearsLake Districteras the world has warmed up and there are no glaciers or ice sheets in the UK today. All of the UK lies below the  BlackpooltreeEast Angliasnow line. This is the point where snow remains frozen on the ground all year.