glacial cirque
1Cirque Glaciaire — Situés à l amont des vallées glaciaires, les cirques glaciaires sont des dépressions de forme semi circulaire, entourée de versants raides, que l’on trouve en montagne, qui est ou qui a été occupée par un bassin d’alimentation glaciaire, simple… …
2cirque — [sʉrk] n. [Fr < L circus: see CIRCUS] 1. a circular space or arrangement 2. Old Poet. a circle; ring 3. Archaic a circus 4. Geol. a steep, hollow excavation high on a mountainside, made by glacial erosion; natural amphitheater …
3glacial landform — ▪ geology Introduction any product of flowing ice and meltwater. Such landforms are being produced today in glaciated areas, such as Greenland, Antarctica, and many of the world s higher mountain ranges. In addition, large expansions of present… …
4Cirque — For other uses, see Cirque (disambiguation). Two cirques with semi permanent snowpatches in Abisko National Park, Sweden …
5Glacial landform — Antique postcard shows rocks scarred by glacial erosion. Yosemite Valley …
6Cirque glaciaire — Le cirque de Gavarnie, un amphithéâtre glaciaire Situés à l amont des vallées glaciaires, les cirques glaciaires sont des dépressions de forme semi circulaire, entourée de versants raides, que l’on trouve en montagne, qui est ou qui a été occupée …
7glacial lake — a) A lake that derives much or all of its water from the melting of glacier ice, fed by meltwater, and lying outside the glacier margins (e.g., proglacial lake) or lying on a glacier (e.g., ice walled lake, ice floored lake) and due to… …
8glacial — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. icy (see cold).Ant., torrid. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Cold] Syn. icy, frozen, polar; see cold 1 . 2. [Indifferent] Syn. cool, unfriendly, antagonistic; see cold 2 , indifferent 1 . III (Roget s 3… …
9cirque — /serrk/, n. 1. circle; ring. 2. a bowl shaped, steep walled mountain basin carved by glaciation, often containing a small, round lake. [1595 1605; < F < L circus; see CIRCUS] * * * ▪ geology (French: “circle”), amphitheatre shaped basin… …
10cirque — n. 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) …
