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