Cirque
(from the French) An armchair-shaped hollow with steep sides and back wall, formed as a result of glacial erosion high on a mountainside, and often containing a rock basin with a tarn (q.v.) (known as corrie or cwm in Britain).
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The cirque of Cwm Cau on the peak of Cadair Idris, Snowdonia National Park, Wales. Photo M. J. Hambrey. |