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When two bowls of depression are formed on the side of a mountain and joined back to back, it forms sharp and narrow ridges known as .

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cirques
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aretes
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hanging valleys
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The correct option is B aretes
When two cirques are formed in a mountain, and the walls of the depression are joined together back to back, it forms sharp and narrow ridges known as aretes.

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