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Cirques

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cwmnounA valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre.
corrienoun(Scotland) A bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation.
circusesnounA traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent.
massifsnounA principal mountain mass.
tundrasnounA flat and treeless Arctic biome.
knollsnounA small mound or rounded hill.
precipicesnounA very steep cliff.
rillsnounA very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.
ozark plateaunounSynonym of Ozarks.
escarpmentsnounA steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.
seracsnoun(geography, glaciology) A sharp tower of ice formed by intersecting crevasses of a glacier.
cragsnoun(Northern England) A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.
eskersnounA long, narrow, sinuous ridge created by deposits from a stream running beneath a glacier.
tarnsnoun(Northern England) A small mountain lake, especially in Northern England.
rimrocknoun(geology) An outcrop of hard rock, often in the form of a cliff at the edge of a plateau, that forms the margin of a gravel deposit
slickrocknounA rock or a rock formation made smooth by weathering.
tufanounCalcareous lime deposited by precipitation from a body of water, such as a hot spring.
palisadesnounA line of steep cliffs along the western bank of the Hudson River in New Jersey.
plateauxnounA largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland.
hummocksnounA small hill; a hillock; a knoll.

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