Alpine Features Below are six common features found in an alpine environment dur

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Alpine Features Below are six common features found in an alpine environment during glaciation. Please define each term so that you can identify them later. a- Horn Horn b-Cirque Medial moraine c- Arête Main glacier Truncated spurs d- Medial Moraine e- Truncated Spur Post Glaciation Alpine Features Now let's discuss features found after glaciation, and discuss how they function. Many nevw features become more prominent after the ice has melted, as well as a few repeat features from the diagram above. Label the features on the diagram provided. a- Horn b-Tarn c-Cirque d- Paternoster Lakes e- Hanging Valley f- Arête g- Trough h- Truncated Spur i- Moraine (Terminal & Recessional) j- Neve k-Col

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1)A horn is formed when glaciers erode three or more arêtes and it forms a sharp-edged peak.

2)Cirque glacier a bowl-shaped depression on the side or it is formed near a mountains. Snow and ice result in forming a avalanching from higher surrounding slopes.

3)An arête is a narrow ridge of rock which separates two valleys formed when two glaciers erode parallel.

4)A medial moraine is a ridge of moraine that runs down the center of a valley floor and forms when two glaciers meet and the debris on the edges of the adjacent valley.

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