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Cracker Lake cirque

View on map:48.735248°N 113.650646°W

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There are many cirques in the region that have been gouged out but glaciers at their source.

Description


Cirque

A cirque (French, from the Latin word, circus) is an amphitheatre-like valley head, formed at the head of a valley glacier by erosion. Alternative names for this landform are corrie (from Scottish Gaelic coire meaning a pot or cauldron) and cwm (Welsh for "valley", pronounced coom). A cirque may also be a similarly shaped landform arising from fluvial erosion.

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