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3.3.1.2 Arete

An arete is a sharp-edged ridge that forms between two cirques converging from opposite sides of a crest.

Images cirque formation Leet, L. D., S. Judson, and M. E. Kauffman. Physical Geology. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewoods Cliff, New Jersey, 1982.

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