Correct option is C
Introduction
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Cirque (also known as a corrie or cwm) is a bowl-shaped depression, often with a steep headwall and a gently sloping floor, carved by glacial erosion. Due to its distinctive shape—a deep, rounded hollow with steep sides and a scooped-out floor—it is popularly described as resembling a huge
amphitheater or an arm chair.
Information Booster
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Landform Type: A depositional and erosional landform created by the action of an alpine (mountain) glacier.
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Shape: A steep-sided, rounded, or semi-circular hollow.
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Description: Famously described as resembling an
arm chair or amphitheater.
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Formation: Forms at the head of a glacial valley where snow accumulates, compacts into ice, and then erodes the underlying rock via freeze-thaw and plucking.
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Features: Often contains a small lake called a
tarn after the glacier melts.
Additional Points
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Arete: A sharp, narrow ridge created when two cirques or two glacial valleys erode parallel to each other.
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Col: A mountain pass or saddle-like depression formed when the headwalls of two cirques meet and are eroded.
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Spur: A ridge of land jutting out from a mountain; an interlocking spur is a feature of a V-shaped river valley.