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Features
found on the topographic map of Mt. Whitney, California:
- Cirques
- Seven cirques are shown by the curved red lines. The semicircular
shape of the contour lines indicates the bowl shape of a cirque. The
close spacing of brown contour lines shows the steep headwall, or
the back-wall, of the cirque. Some of these cirques contain cirque
glaciers and some contain tarns.
- Glaciers
- Shown by a white background (ice) and blue contour lines. There
are several small cirque glaciers on the map.
- Horn
- Shown by closely spaced, closed contour lines, indicating a steep
mountain peak. Horns are generally surrounded by cirques.
- Moraines
- There are several moraines shown by brown dots/speckles. These are
most likely end moraines.
- Tarn
- A glacial lake located in a cirque shown with blue (water) on the
map. There are three labeled tarns on the map.
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