Cirque
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cirque-170-17428727
title:
Cirque
text:
A cirque is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion. Alternative names for this landform are corrie and cwm. A cirque may also be a similarly shaped landform arising from fluvial erosion. The concave shape of a glacial cirque is open on the downhill side, while the cupped section is generally steep. Cliff-like slopes, down which ice and glaciated debris combine and converge, form the three or more higher sides. The floor of the cirque ends up bowl-shaped, as it is the complex conve
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description:
An amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirque
date created:
2004-08-31T00:38:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T01:25:59Z
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