A cirque basin may serve as an accumulation zone for alpine glaciers. Using contour lines on the mountains and on the glaciers, how many ice-filled cirques (scooped out amphitheater-like basins) do you identify on the map? What is the elevation of the highest glacial ice surface on the map?
What will be an ideal response?
15
13,000'
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