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The Sabche Cirque in question looks like a fascinating, and difficult place to explore. Check out narrow the exit drainage is! https://www.researchgate.net/fig
by dendrite9 3y ago
The Sabche Cirque in question looks like a fascinating, and difficult place to explore. Check out narrow the exit drainage is!
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Deep-and-narrow-gorge-of-the-Seti-River-at-the-outlet-of-Sabche-Cirque-Avalanches-and_fig2_354413412 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Deep-and-narrow-gorge-of...
This Nasa blog post has a lot of good pictures of the immediate area that helps with understanding the shapes of the mountains there. I initially didn't realize just how choked down the drainage got. It seems like many cirques are described as having narrow exits but rarely are they this narrow.
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2014/01/ https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2014/01...
Here's an earlier discussion related to this one: https://www.science.org/cms/asset/b7f5337c-0f34-4fb5-a907-612e8c35ec09/pap.pdf https://www.science.org/cms/asset/b7f5337c-0f34-4fb5-a907-61...