Define the following: Cirques, Tarn Lakes, Morains, Mushroom rocks,
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Cirque- Cirques are half-open steep-sided hollows at the head of a valley/on a mountainside, formed by glacial erosion.
Tarn Lakes- Tarn lakes are small mountain lakes formed in a cirque excavated by a glacier.
Moraines- Moraines are masses of rocks and sediments carried down and deposited by a glacier, typically as ridges at its edges/extremity.
Mushroom Rocks- Mushroom rocks are naturally occurring rocks whose shape, as its name suggests, resembles a mushroom.
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