- cirque wall
- (not preferred)refer to cirque headwall.
Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.
cirque wall
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cirque — A steep walled, half bowl like recess or hollow, crescent shaped or semicircular in plan, commonly situated at the head of a glaciated mountain valley or high on the side of a mountain, and produced by the erosive activity of a mountain… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
cirque headwall — The glacially scoured, steep and arcuate side or wall of a cirque, dominated by rock outcrop, rubble, and colluvium. Compare: headwall. SW & HD … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
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