cirque
C28170
concept
A cirque is a bowl-shaped, amphitheater-like hollow on a mountainside formed by glacial erosion, typically found at the head of a valley glacier.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| cirque canonical | 7 |
| cirque headwall | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: cirque
Generated description
A cirque is a bowl-shaped, amphitheater-like hollow on a mountainside formed by glacial erosion, typically found at the head of a valley glacier.
Instances (8)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
|
Pombie (local toponym)
surface form:
Pombie
|
— |
| Combe Laval | — |
|
Chartreuse Massif
surface form:
Cirque de Saint-Même
|
— |
| Cirque de Mafate | — |
| Cirque de Cilaos | — |
| Cirque de Salazie | — |
| Karasawa Cirque | — |
| Gaube Valley headwall | cirque headwall |