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corrie

/ˈkɒr.i/

Traduction: Cirque glaciaire en forme de cuvette à parois abruptes, souvent occupé par un lac, creusé par l'érosion glaciaire dans une montagne.

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noun

C2formalcommon/ˈkɒr.i/

A steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain, often containing a lake, formed by glacial erosion.

  • 🇫🇷Cirque glaciaire en forme de cuvette à parois abruptes, souvent occupé par un lac, creusé par l'érosion glaciaire dans une montagne.
  1. Mountain basin C1 formal

    A steep-walled, semicircular basin found in mountainous regions, often formed by glacial erosion and sometimes containing a lake.

    • The hikers admired the deep corrie carved into the mountainside.
    • A small, clear lake filled the bottom of the ancient corrie.
    • Geologists studied the rock formations within the corrie.

    🇫🇷Cuvette glaciaire en cirque

    Synonymes: cirquecwm

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