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Noun Concept
Categories: Geographical terminology in mountaineering, Oronyms, Glaciology, Cirques, Glacial landforms
EN
cirque  corrie  cwm  cirque lake  cirques
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A steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake WordNet 3.0
English:
landform
geology
Definitions
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A steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A cirque is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion. Wikipedia
An amphitheatre-like valley head Wikipedia Disambiguation
A terrain feature created by glaciation in high mountains Wikipedia Disambiguation
A rounded, glaciated valley, also known as a corrie or cirque Wikipedia Disambiguation
Geological feature and glacier-formed valley Wikidata
A curved depression with steep walls in a mountainside, created by glacier erosion, forming the end of a valley. OmegaWiki
A valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre. Wiktionary
Valley head created through glacial erosion. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
basin
valley
HAS KIND
cirque glacier
Cirque d'Estaubé
Circo de Gredos
Cirque of the Towers
Śnieżne Kotły
+4 relations
HAS INSTANCE
Cirque d'Estaubé
HaMakhtesh HaGadol
HaMakhtesh HaKatan
Eyeglass Cirque
Corrie Fee
+278 relations
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
DIFFERENT FROM
cirque glacier
bottom
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
cirque, corrie, cwm
Wikipedia
EN
cirque
Wikidata
EN
cirque
Wiktionary
EN
cwm
OmegaWiki
EN
cirque
Wikipedia Redirections
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Cirque (landform), cirque lake, cirques, corrie (geology), cwm (landform), glacial cirque, Sirque
Wikidata Alias
EN
corrie, cwm

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