（2）当冰雪消退，大部分冰川遗迹被大自然抹平消失，当前九华山遗存最典型的就是这三面环以峭壁、呈半圆形剧场形状的九华冰斗。冰斗面积约4平方公里，开口向北，南侧为芙蓉岭、东侧为插霄峰，中部地势平坦，有串珠状溪流蜿蜒穿行。

When the glacier disappeared, some of the glacial remains would be left. The most typical glacial relic in Jiuhuashan is the cirque with semicircular bucket shape. The cirque has an area of about 4 km2 and a north entrance, faces Furong Ridge in the south, Chaxiao Peak in the east, and flat bottom in the middle. A winding toruliform stream flows around the cirque.