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2. what is another name for a corrie

  • cirque
  • spur
  • crag
  • slope

3. what is the key spotting feature to identify a hanging valley

  • waterfall
  • tarn
  • truncated spurs
  • river

4. what type of shape do glacial valleys have?

  • parabolic (U)
  • flat
  • triangular (V)
  • Square / Box shaped

5. what is a roche moutonnee

  • a boulder transported and deposited by a glacier with a different rock type than the bedrock which it is sitting
  • a rock hill shaped by the passage of ice to give a smooth side and a rough (plucked) side.
  • a blunt ended sloping ridge which descends from the flank of a valley.
  • A hollow within a cliff face, which deepens through the erosion of small glaciers
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