What is the name for an amphitheater-like hollow that forms at the head of a glacier?

Kettle

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Moraine

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Cirque

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Horn

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Solution

The correct option is B Cirque
Cirque is a bowl-shaped, amphitheater-like depression eroded into the head or the side of a glacier valley. Typically, a cirque has a lip at its lower end. A cirque may also be a similarly shaped landform arising from fluvial erosion.

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