Multiple choice

Bowl shaped depression created as a result of erosion high on a mountain side is called

  1. Glacial trough

  2. Hum

  3. Hanging valley

  4. Cirque

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D Correct answer
Explanation

A cirque is a bowl-shaped or amphitheater-like depression carved by a glacier at the head of a valley, typically high on a mountainside. It forms through plucking and abrasion by glacial ice at the snow accumulation zone. Glacial troughs are U-shaped valleys, hanging valleys are tributary valleys left above the main valley, and 'hum' is not a standard glacial landform term.