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cirque
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enceinte naturelle à parois abruptes, de forme semi-circulaire ou circulaire
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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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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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On the map
3 mapped locations