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What are cirques?

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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

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