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  • Glacier Carving: Identifying Non-Glacial Features - Geology
    Here's the breakdown:

    Features carved by glaciers:

    * U-shaped valleys: Glaciers carve out wide, U-shaped valleys with steep sides, unlike the V-shaped valleys formed by rivers.

    * Cirques: Bowl-shaped depressions at the head of a glacier, often containing a lake.

    * Aretes: Sharp, jagged ridges formed when two cirques erode back-to-back.

    * Horns: Sharp, pointed peaks formed when three or more cirques erode together.

    * Fjords: Deep, narrow inlets of the sea formed when glaciers carve out valleys and the sea level rises.

    * Striations: Scratches and grooves carved into bedrock by rocks embedded in the glacier's base.

    The feature NOT carved by glaciers is:

    * V-shaped valleys: V-shaped valleys are carved by rivers, not glaciers.

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