in the European Alps is an example of such a peak.

Where cirques form one behind the other, a cirque stairway results, as at the Zastler Loch in the Black Forest.

As glaciers can only originate above the snowline, studying the location of present-day cirques provides information on past glaciation patterns and on climate change.

Fluvial-erosion

Although a less common

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