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hi every one heres my question : what is a cirque

Answer 1

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1.

GEOLOGY

a half-open steep-sided hollow at the head of a valley or on a mountainside, formed by glacial erosion.

2.

LITERARY

a ring, circlet, or circle.

Answer 2

Answer:

A cirque (French: [siʁk]; from the Latin word circus) is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion. Alternative names for this landform are corrie (from Scottish Gaelic coire, meaning a pot or cauldron) and cwm (Welsh for 'valley'; [kʊm]). A cirque may also be a similarly shaped landform arising from fluvial erosion.

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