A col is a saddle-shaped pass marking the lowest point on a ridge between two peaks, formed as water, wind and, in mountainous regions, glacial ice erode a route through the ridge over time. By offering a relatively easy crossing between two valleys, cols have long served as natural corridors for travel, trade and migration across mountain ranges that would otherwise block them.
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In Discipline: Geomorphology, Lead paragraph
A col in geomorphology is the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks
In Group: Ridges, Cols and Gaps, Lead sentence
A col in geomorphology is the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks.
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