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cirque glacier

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | 275 words | Copyright

cirque glacier A relatively small body of ice, firn, and snow, occupying an armchair-shaped hollow in bedrock. It is generally wide in relation to its length. It is actively supplied by drifting snow and therefore shows vigorous glacial erosion, involving rotational sliding.

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