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CORRIE (Gaelic
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coire, cauldron; hence whirlpool, or circular hollow) , a
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term used in the
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Highlands of
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Scotland for a steep-sided, rounded hollow in a
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mountain-
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side, from the
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lower
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part of which a stream usually issues as the outlet of a small
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lake ponded by glacial debris .
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Corrie-lakes are
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common in all glaciated mountain regions .

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