a cirque landform on a mountain
A cirque (French for "circus") is an amphitheatre-like valley, or valley head, formed at the head of a glacier by erosion. A cirque is also known as a coombe or coomb in England, a combe or comb in America, a corrie (coire) in Scotland and Ireland, and a cwm in Wales, although these terms apply to a specific feature of which several may be found in a cirque. The term "comb" is often found at the end of placenames such as Newcomb and Maycomb, where it is pronounced
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Keywords: cirque, coire, comb, combe, coomb, corrie, cwm, form, geomorphology, glacial, land, landform, morphology, mountain, snow
