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Also known as corrie, cwm
durch Gletscher ausgeschürfte, kesselförmige Eintiefungen an Berghängen
A cirque is a bowl-shaped valley found in mountainous areas, typically carved by glaciers over time. These formations are notable geographical features that often retain snow and ice, making them visually distinctive parts of alpine landscapes.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Kar is referenced by 1,517 other articles, and connects out to moraine, glacier morphology and valley.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Cirques, Geographical terminology in mountaineering and Glacial landforms.
Its subject is documented across 53 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- valley
- Image
- Cirque-de-navacelles.JPG
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- Commons category
- Cirques
- Commons gallery
- Cirque
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000155
- model item
- glacial cirque
- name
- Gonten
- has cause
- glacial denudation
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Article · Deutsch
Als Kar (englisch und französisch cirque, engl. corrie, schottisch-gälisch coire), auch Kahr, Kaar (von althochdeutsch char ‚Trog‘, ‚Krug‘) bezeichnet man kesselförmige Eintiefungen an Berghängen unterhalb von Gipfel- und Kammlagen, die von sehr kurzen Gletschern (Kargletschern) ausgeschürft worden sind.
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3 mapped locations