n a glacier formed high in the mountains around a horn, extending down valley to a point where it melts in the valley
a) Any glacier in a mountain range except an ice cap or ice sheet It usually originates in a cirque and may flow down into a valley previously carved by a stream Compare - continental glacier GG b) (not preferred - refer to U-shaped valley): (relict) - landforms or sediments formed, modified or deposited by a glacier in or on mountains or high hills that has since melted away Compare - glacial-valley floor, glacial-valley wall SW