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L16 Glacial corrie lakes. County Kerry, Ireland
Position:
N52° 10'
W010° 14' approx.
Elevation:
1500' / 460m
Image format:
MF
GLACIAL CORRIE LAKES
A CORRIE is bowl-shaped hollow excavated into solid rock by the
erosive action of a small GLACIER. Unlike VALLEY GLACIERS that
flow down slopes like frozen rivers, CORRIE GLACIERS are found
high above the valleys on the exposed rocks mountain slopes. Many
corrie glaciers may "feed" or flow into a valley glacier. Corrie
is a Scottish word. They are also known as CIRCQUES (France) or
CWMS (Wales). The lakes which occupy the corries (as in the photograph)
are called TARNS.
Less detail
Image Trail:
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L9 Grooved rock - glacial action. Kerry, Ireland
L17 Glacial lakes. Co. Kerry, Ireland
L18 Glacial erosion in mountain area. Kerry, Ireland
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USA
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USA
L65 Glaciers. Greenland
L66 Glacier. Greenland
L79 Glacial Polish, Devil's Post Pile National Monument, California,
USA
L81 Glaciated mountains and corrie, Sierra Nevada, California, USA
L82 Corrie lakes, Snowdonia, Wales, UK
L83 ArÍte, Snowdonia, Wales, UK
L36 Weathering, erosion and deposition. Capitol Reef National Park.
Utah, USA
Links:
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3876/glaciers.html
http://www.davison.k12.mi.us/bentley/glaciers.htm
http://www.glaciers.net/
http://nsidc.org/glaciers/information.html
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/Glaciers/description_glaciers.html |
