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that are picked up by the glacier and carried at the bottom of the glacier erode the softer rock more quickly by abrasion, thus creating a hollow called a rock basin. On either side of the rock basin, the more resistant rock is eroded less and these outcrops of harder rock are known as rock bars,
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A ribbon lake may also occur if a tributary glacier joins a main glacier. The increase in power can create a trough, which is filled with water from a river/meltwater to create a ribbon lake.
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which act as dams between which rainwater may accumulate after the retreat of the
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Long and narrow, finger-shaped lake, usually found in a glacial trough
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moves over an area containing alternate bands of hard and soft
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