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When three or more cirques erode into a mountain summit they form a?
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What are the three major ranges and the continents on which they are found?
The three major mountain ranges are Himalayan mountain range, Andes mountain range and the Rocky mountain range. These mountain ranges are located in Asia, South America and North America respectively.
What are the three largest mountain ranges in the world?
The three largest mountain ranges in the world are Andes, Rocky Mountains and Transantarctic Mountains. These are the longest ranges in the world.
What are the three major mountain ranges and the continents on which they are found?
Himalaya mountain range in Asia , the Andes mountain range in south America, and the rocky mountain range in north America.
Find three major mountain ranges and state to what continents they belong?
Alps mountain range:Europe, Apennines mountain range:Europe, Sierra Nevada:North America
What are 3 major mountain rangesof the hispanic world?
Whart are three important mountain ranges in the hispanic world?
A sharp pyramid shaped peak forms when three or more cirques erode a mountain?
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A sharp pyramid shaped peak tat forms when three or more cirques erode a mountain?
deformation
What is a sharp pyramid-shaped peak that forms when three or more cirques erode a mountain?
Glacial horn
What is the a sharp pyramid shaped peak tat forms when three or more cirques erode a mountain?
CONE
How do glacier horn form on a mountain?
Ussually by three cirques A cirque is an origin point for glaciers in mountainous areas. It is a deep depression with three high walls and an open area from which the glacier moves forward, down the mountain side. Over time, as rock is eroded, these become wider and deeper. A mountain horn, such as the Matterhorn in the Alps forms when a peak is surrounded on two or more sides by cirques. As the cirques expand and rock is eroded the peak is honed into a point, forming a horn.
What are mountain horns formed by Erosion or Deposition?
A mountain is a sharpened peak formed by the glacial actions of three cirques on a mountaintop. Since we know that a cirque is a bowl-shaped basin formed by EROSION and a mountain horn is formed by three CIRQUES it becomes clear that mountain horns are formed by erosion.
What are Three sided valleys called?
TRIANGLESthey are cirques
A sentence for the word summit?
I will climb to the summit of the mountain for charity.After several days, the climbers finally reached the summit of the mountain.The emergency summit will discuss the security threats.
Three-sided valleys are called?
Cirques
What type of mountain is the Matterhorn?
The matterhorn is an arete or pyramidal peak. Formed as three glacial cirques erode back into mountainside.
What s the highest point of a mountain called?
There are three main terms either Peak, Zenith, or Summit.
Pyramid-shaped peaks that form when three or more cirque glaciers erode a mountain?
Look at textbook EARTH SCIENCE pg: 198-200
