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Plucking and abrasion
Meltwater seeps into cracks, refreezes & expands, weakens rock, glacier plucks it away
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Rock fragments in glacier grind/scrape valley floor like sandpaper
Deep scratches carved into bedrock by abrasion
Glacial thickness, gradient, rock resistance
Basin-shaped hollow, 3 steep sides, 1 gently sloping side
Deep crevasse in glacier created by plucking of back wall
Small round lake formed when cirque fills with water
Narrow, steep-sided ridge between two cirques
Steep pointed peak formed by 3+ cirques around same mountain
U-shaped: steep sides and wide, flat valley floor
Triangular cliffs left when glacier eroded through spurs
Tributary valley left at higher level than main valley floor
Drowned glacial valley flooded by sea water
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