Cirque Corrie, and Cwm (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Friday, March 20, 2009, 06:49 (5800 days ago) @ 10noyrum

Cirque, also called a corrie ( Scotland and Ireland) or a cwm (Wales), is a terrain feature created by glaciation in high mountains

These are bowl shaped hollows found at the start of a U-shaped valley.
It's like half a breakfast bowl with some milk at the bottom, as they often have little lakes (tarns) in them.

The steepwall at their back is called the headwall

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