| 词汇 | cirque |
| 释义 | cirque noun[ C ] geology specializeduk /sɜːk/ us /sɜː˞k/ a hollow area almost surrounded by steep slopes at the top of a glaciated valley: 冰斗;（谷端或山坡的）圆形凹地 From here you can start to see the rim of the mountains that enclose the cirque.从这里你可以开始看到环绕冰斗的山脉边缘。 kellyvandellen/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages From the col there is a wonderful view back down over the ski village in its cirque. The trail suddenly levels out and for the next hour you contour the side of the right-hand valley to the cirque at its head. The map showed the glacier tucked into a gigantic spoon-shaped cirque on the north-facing side of the mountain. At the head of the gulch is a tight cirque facing east, north and west and rimmed with rock slabs pitched at 45 degrees. Geography: hills & mountains acclivity alpine tundra craggy esker highlands hillock mesa mid-ocean ridge motte Mount Kilimanjaro Mount Rainier pike precipitous scarp slope spur steep the Adirondack Mountains the Alaska Range the Alps You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Geography: valleys Examples of cirquecirque Typical habitats include woodland, the banks of streams and ditches; it can even be found at high altitude in damp cirques. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Cols are saddle-shaped depressions in the ridge between cirques. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. If two adjacent cirques erode toward one another, an arte, or steep sided ridge, forms. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They were named this because there is often fog rising from the cirques. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The summit is now the high point along the curving ridge which bounds the southern edge of the cirques above steep cliffs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As cirques are formed by glaciation in an alpine environment, the headwall and ridges between parallel glaciers called artes become more steep and defined. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Cirques moraines, tarn lakes, roche moutonnes and other glacial features can all be seen in the area. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The east face of the feature is indented by twin cirques that resemble eyes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The body of this batholith has been deeply cut by glacial cirques and canyons. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As the snowline continues to rise, new cirques would continue to form the steps of the cyclopean stairs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The method of erosion of the headwall lying between the surface of the glacier and the cirques floor has been attributed to freeze-thaw mechanisms. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When three or more cirques erode toward one another, a pyramidal peak is created. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. All bodies of ice located in these cirques are separated by artes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Many glacial cirques contain tarns dammed by either till (debris) or a bedrock threshold. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They also abrade rock and debris from their substrate to create landforms such as cirques and moraines. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of cirque These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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