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Definition of Cirques
1. cirque [n] - See also: cirque
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cirques
Literary usage of Cirques
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the American Geographical Society by American Geographical Society of New York (1905)
"cirques: A REVIEW. BY ROBERT MARSHALL BROWN. Description: cirques have been
described as crescent-shaped hollows or half-cauldrons on the sides of mountains ..."
2. The Pleistocene Geology of the Leadville Quadrangle, Colorado by Stephen Reid Capps (1907)
"cirques.—The most striking of these features are the glacial cirques, ...
Normally these cirques have steep walls at the head and sides of the upper valley ..."
3. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"H. cirques and Drift Hollows.—At its head the valley made by a mountain glacier
normally opens out into a broad amphitheater bounded by steep precipices on ..."
4. The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man by James Geikie (1894)
"... Diluvial deposits of the Swabian Jura — Distribution of cirques in the mountains
of Middle Europe— Correlation of the glacial deposits of Middle and ..."
5. Cave Hunting: Researches on the Evidence of Caves Respecting the Early by William Boyd Dawkins (1874)
"The Relation of Caries to Pot-holes, "cirques" and Ravines. The caverns hollowed
in calcareous rocks present features by which they are distinguished from ..."
6. Military Geology and Topography: A Presentation of Certain Phases of Geology by Herbert Ernest Gregory (1918)
"Ice carving has produced matterhorn peaks, cirques and troughs which are clearly
expressed on topographic maps. (Figure n7.) Matterhorn peaks are shaped ..."
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