Cirque glacier
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Cirque glacier
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A cirque glacier is formed in a cirque, a bowl-shaped depression on the side of or near mountains. Snow and ice accumulation in corries often occurs as the result of avalanching from higher surrounding slopes.
If a cirque glacier advances far enough, it may become a valley glacier. Additionally, if a valley glacier retreats enough that it is within the cirque, it becomes a cirque glacier again. In these depressions, snow persists through summer months, and becomes glacier ice. Snow may be situat
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirque_glacier
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2023-10-25T16:13:05Z
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