This is a diagram of a Mountain and it's features. The arete is the sharp knife like ridge found between cirques. Aretes are formed when two glaciers erode parallel U-shaped valleys. They can also form when two glacial cirques erode headwards towards one another. The word "Arete" is french for edge or ridge.
It is an alpine feature.
It is an alpine feature.
Cirques are found in between aretes
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