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What are narrow divides between two cirques called?
Arêtes
When 2 cirques on opposite sides of a valley meet what do they form?
Moraine
Do parallel intersect?
no they are straight lines that never intersect, intersecting lines intersect.
Does a rectangle bisect or intersect?
intersect
Do lines that skew intersect?
No. Skew lines do not intersect
What are cirques?
Steep-sided, half-bowl shaped recesses carved into mountains at the heads of glacial valleys. The Fjords: Steep cliffs, acting as ocean inlets. Horn peaks: Where cirques intersect. Terminal moraines: Piles of rocks. Crevasses: Cracks in glaciers
Where do cirques intersect?
Cirques could intersect at an intermediate ridge. This would be less common.
Match the glacial feature with its description?
Fjords: Steep ocean inlets Drumlins: Smooth hills Cirques: Armchair-shaped valleys Moraines: Piles of rocks :D
How is glacial horn created?
Glaciers grind into mountains by eroding the cirques at their heads. If a mountain has cirques all around it, it is called a horn
Bowl-shaped depressions or hollows found near mountain peaks?
Cirques
What are bowl-shaped depressions or hollows found near mountain peaks?
Cirques
When three or more cirques erode into a mountain summit they form a?
horn
What is a glacier horn?
Glaciers grind into mountains by eroding the cirques at their heads. If a mountain has cirques all around it, the glaciers may carve it into a tall, faceted remnant called a horn. This example in the Juneau Icefield of southeastern Alaska displays two cirques, and there must be one or two more on the back side. On the left side is an arête.
What is a mountain horn?
a steep-sided, pyramid-shaped peak produced by the intersection of several cirques
A sharp pyramid shaped peak forms when three or more cirques erode a mountain?
horn
Where do big horn sheep live in the rocky mountains?
they live in the horn peaks
What are horn peaks?
Cracks in glaciers Apex:p
