a cirque

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Definition of a cirque in English Turkish dictionary
cirque: buzyalağı
cirque: sirk
cirque: dağ kuyu
cirque: daire şeklindeki alan
cirque: {i} arena
cirque: sirk (buzyalağı)
cirque: etrafı dağlarla çevrili küçük ova
cirque: {i} doğal amfiteatr

English - English

Definition of a cirque in English English dictionary: coombe
cirque: A curved depression in a mountainside with steep walls, forming the end of a valley; cwm
cirque: {n} a place of sports, or shows
cirque: A deep, steep-walled, hollow in a mountain caused by glacial erosion; = corrie (Scotland); = cwm (Wales)
cirque: a deep, steep-walled hollow on a mountainside in which an alpine glacier forms The walls and floor of the cirque are carved by glacial ice to form a bowl shape
cirque: a group of mountains that forms a circle
cirque: A semicircular, concave, bowl-like area with a steep face, primarily resulting from erosive activity of a mountain glacier A glacial cirque appears as a amphitheater-like carving in the mountainside, with steep slopes providing headwaters for drainage
cirque: French name for a corrie, a steep-sided hollow in a mountainside
cirque: a steep hollow, often containing a small lake, at the upper end of a mountain valley
cirque: a deep recess in a mountain; it resembles an amphitheater with steep walls
cirque: Another name for a corrie See corrie
cirque: A large size amphitheatre shaped hollow which has been excavated by ice action in mountainous regions
cirque: A kind of circular valley in the side of a mountain, walled around by precipices of great height
cirque: Deep horseshoe-shaped basins formed as a result of glacial erosion, cirques are the ‘headwaters’ of a glacier Cirque formation is initiated when the climate is cool enough in the area to allow snow to remain year-round in small hollows above the snowline Meltwater from these small snowfields seeps into cracks in the surrounding rocks during times of partial melt, then re-freezes as the temperature falls in the winter, fracturing and loosening the bedrock Subsequent meltwater and ice-flow remove the loose debris and the process begins anew Over a period of thousands of years, the cycle of fracturing, erosion, and removal transform the small hollows into spectacular cirques As the glacier retreats and, eventually, completely disappears a lake will often remain in the cirque Such lakes are known as tarn lakes
cirque: A circle; a circus; a circular erection or arrangement of objects
cirque: {i} corrie, cwm, semicircular bowl-shaped hole with steep walls inside a hill or a mountain formed by glacial erosion (Geology); circle; circus (Archaic from French)
cirque: Glacially eroded rock basin found on mountains Most alpine glaciers originate from a cirque
cirque: a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
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cirque: A steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain caused by glacial erosion After glaciation, the depression may contain a lake
cirque: (Sirk) n a steep basin usually found near the summit of a glaciated mountain where glaciers are plunging down steep slopes