cirques in English

noun
1
a half-open steep-sided hollow at the head of a valley or on a mountainside, formed by glacial erosion.
The fourth and fifth landscape types are alpine landscapes, consisting of branching networks of troughs separated by ridges; and cirque landscapes, in which separate cirques are set in an upland massif.
2
a ring, circlet, or circle.
The decoration of metal cirques and a network of patchwork cloth highlight extremely simple frocks to show off the figure.
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1. Later, glaciers and water shaped this landscape, leaving features like cirques, eskers, and alluvial fans.

2. Cirques are bowl-shaped, amphitheater-like depressions that glaciers carve into mountains and valley sidewalls at high elevations.

3. The landscape of the Vercors is also marked by glacial activity dating back to ancient times. It is characterised by long, cradle-shaped wet valleys and cirques and closed coombs overlooked by cliffs.

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5. Cirque m (plural Cirques) circus Cirque a circular arena, such as in the ancient Roman Empire 1875 (year of first performance), Chanson du Toréador from Carmen by Bizet le Cirque est plein de sang The arena is full of blood a mess, a disorder C'est quoi ce Cirque ! What is this nonsense! Derived terms

6. They also Abrade rock and debris from their substrate to create landforms such as cirques and moraines.: She stayed longer than usual in the shower, wishing for the rushing hot needles of water to Abrade her skin and erode the still-vivid impressions of his touch.: Communal life can Abrade some of the rough edges of a person, the monks agreed, but in communal living you also learn surprising