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Geography what land form is created when glaciers erode backwards into the mountainside and form a shape like a shallow bowl?

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Answer: Cirques

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Cirques are created when glaciers erode the mountainside, scouring into it and creating rounded hollows with steep uphill faces, shaped like tilted bowls. A cirque is often more visible after the glacier melts away and leaves the bowl-shaped landform behind.

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