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Cyclopean stairs

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Cyclopean stairs form as a result of glacial erosion. The term describes the longitudinal profile of a glaciated valley that contains several consecutive hanging valleys, each step in the profile marking one of them.

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Cyclopean stairs (Wikipedia)
  • In Discipline: Geomorphology, Lead paragraph
    Cyclopean stairs form as a result of glacial erosion
  • Caused By: Erosion, Lead paragraph
    Cyclopean stairs form as a result of glacial erosion
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