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These are small bodies of water usually formed in mountainous hollows or corries, known also as glacial cirques. These are bowl-shaped, ice-excavated rock basins, some of which are naturally deep, once carved by millions of tonnes of ice, erosion and weather. Cirques typically have three steep sides containing a headwall and two enclosing sidewalls, with a fourth being more open where a glacial till or moraine (rock debris that formed a dam) eventually enclosed and trapped the remaining ice. |
These are small bodies of water usually formed in mountainous hollows or corries, known also as glacial cirques. These are bowl-shaped, ice-excavated rock basins, some of which are naturally deep, once carved by millions of tonnes of ice, erosion and weather. Cirques typically have three steep sides containing a headwall and two enclosing sidewalls, with a fourth being more open where a glacial till or moraine (rock debris that formed a dam) eventually enclosed and trapped the remaining ice. |
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Latest revision as of 19:12, 9 February 2024
These are small bodies of water usually formed in mountainous hollows or corries, known also as glacial cirques. These are bowl-shaped, ice-excavated rock basins, some of which are naturally deep, once carved by millions of tonnes of ice, erosion and weather. Cirques typically have three steep sides containing a headwall and two enclosing sidewalls, with a fourth being more open where a glacial till or moraine (rock debris that formed a dam) eventually enclosed and trapped the remaining ice.
Pages in category "Cirque tarns"
The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Media in category "Cirque tarns"
The following 8 files are in this category, out of 8 total.
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Easedale Tarn (3411).jpg 2,560 × 1,354; 3.53 MB
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Easedale Tarn (3414).jpg 2,560 × 1,175; 3.76 MB
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Easedale Tarn (3443).jpg 2,560 × 1,440; 3.11 MB
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Easedale Tarn and Eagle Crag (3434).jpg 2,560 × 1,440; 3.59 MB
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Easedale Tarn and Greathead Crag (3430).jpg 2,560 × 1,440; 2.67 MB
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Easedale Tarn and Greathead Crag (3432).jpg 2,560 × 1,440; 2.73 MB
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Easedale Tarn looking towards outlet (3424).jpg 2,560 × 1,440; 2.26 MB
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Stickle Tarn from Pavey Ark.jpg 2,560 × 1,436; 2.67 MB
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