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Definition of Corries
1. corrie [n] - See also: corrie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corries
Literary usage of Corries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms: Or, The Origin of Landforms by James Geikie (1898)
"... AS IN corries, MOUNTAIN-VALLEYS, LOWLANDS, AND PLATEAUX—ICE-BARRIER BASINS—SUBMARINE
BASINS OF GLACIAL ORIGIN. ALL the varied topographical features of ..."
2. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1906)
"In the eastern series of corries not all have received names ; only those which
... corries and their lakes in the Seeks of Glenpatrick. 1. Lough More. 2. ..."
3. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1905)
"The true corries, with basins in their bottoms, are therefore mostly the beds of
isolated hanging glaciers which did not descend far below the snow limit, ..."
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