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| A corrie is a armchair shaped basin in the rock with a steep back wall and sides. |
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| 1st step to making a corrie? |
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| When the temp is low enough to sustain snow all year round it accumulated over the years getting deeper and bigger eventually forming ice under pressure and extreme temps. |
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| The ice begins to move down hill under the influence and gravity. |
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| Erosion and weathering takes place above and bellow the ice. Freeze thaw above cracking and breaking away the walls of the corrie making them steeper and cutting them back. |
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| The ice moves in a rotational motion as it travels down hill and this causes abrasion. also niviation takes place. |
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| Why does the corrie take an armchair shape? |
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| It takes this shape because the most erosion takes place in the center of the corrie with weathering cutting back the walls and back. This is also why there is a lip. |
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| What is the lake that is formed after glaciation? |
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