Cirque
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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
Two cirques with semi-permanent snowpatches near Abisko National Park, Sweden
Upper Thornton Lake Cirque in North Cascades National Park, U.S.
Maritsa cirque in Rila Mountain, Bulgaria
The Lower Curtis Glacier in North Cascades National Park is a well-developed cirque glacier; if the glacier continues to retreat and melt away, a lake may form in the basin
Western Cwm
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The Western Cwm is a broad, flat, gently undulating glacial valley basin terminating at the foot of the Lhotse Face of Mount Everest. It was named by George Mallory when he saw it in 1921 as part of t
Cirque
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The Western Cwm with Lhotse in the background
Everest kalapatthar crop