37. Landforms and Landscapes of Continental Ice Sheets and Mountain Glaciers

Horn locates at the primary landform of the Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada. May 2014.

Horn

In the landscapes at the Abraham Lake, the horn demonstrates the degradational process of the mountain peak. The erosion can be caused by melting glaciers, wind, and maybe chemical dissolution. One of the possibilities is the result of headward erosion, in which it erodes the round mountain top forming a steep-sided, sharp-edged peak known as the horn. This mountain horn locates at the top right corner of the picture.