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What is the name for a bowl-shaped hollow structure carved by glacier in the mountain?
- Arete
- Cirques
- Horn
- Moraine
Hint:
Also called armchair shaped valley.
The correct answer is: Cirques
The correct option is b) Cirques.
- Glacial cirques, locally known as collies, are a feature of extensive erosion common to many mountainous regions.
- Classical curls take the form of armchair-shaped troughs with steep head walls (often culminating in sharp crests or ridges) and gentle slopes or sharply depressed valley floors.
- In active glacial landforms, the cirque is an important catchment area for snow cover.
- They may host small Karl glaciers trapped in bedrock cavities or serve as headwaters for larger valley glaciers.
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