alpine cirque

C64183
concept

An alpine cirque is a bowl-shaped, amphitheater-like hollow with steep headwalls and a flat or gently sloping floor, carved into a mountainside by glacial erosion.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
high-alpine bowl 2
alpine cirque canonical 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: alpine cirque
Generated description
An alpine cirque is a bowl-shaped, amphitheater-like hollow with steep headwalls and a flat or gently sloping floor, carved into a mountainside by glacial erosion.

Instances (3)

Instance Via concept surface
Blaine Basin
Imperial Bowl high-alpine bowl
Lake Chutes area high-alpine bowl