Cirque
A deep, steep-walled recess in a mountain, caused by glacial erosion.
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Cirque glacier
A glacier occupying a cirque. A cirque is a rounded recess with steep sides and back wall, formed on a mountainside by glacial erosion. Cirque is an Anglicized French word that has displaced the synon
yms 'corrie' (from Scots Gaelic) and 'cwm' (from Welsh) of early glaciological usage.
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Cirque glacier
A glacier occupying a cirque.
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Cirque glacier
Small glacier that just occupies a cirque.
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Cirque glacier
Glacier that resides in basins or amphitheaters near ridge crests; most cirque glaciers have a characteristic circular shape, with their width as wide or wider than their length.
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Cirque glacier
Small glacier lying wholly within a cirque, or topographic hollow, created by glacial excavation located high in mountainous areas.
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Cirque glacier
A small glacier that forms within a cirque basin, generally high on the side of a mountain.
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Cirque glacier
A glacier which occupies a separate rounded recess which it has formed on a mountain side.
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