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1
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Features of glacier erosion include?

A

horns,
arêtes, and
cirques.

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Cirques

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the bowl-shaped depressions found at the head of a glacial valley

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Arêtes

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narrow saw-like ridges found in glaciated areas.

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Horns

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pyramidal peaks formed when cirques erode a mountain from three or more sides

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