A cirque (French: [siʁk]; from the Latin word circus) is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion. Alternative names for this landform are...
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Cirque Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the White Cloud Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The...
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Teton Range, small alpine lakes in cirques are common, and there are more than 100 scattered throughout the high country. Lake Solitude, located at an elevation...
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A tarn (or corrie loch) is a mountain lake, pond or pool, formed in a cirque (or "corrie") excavated by a glacier. A moraine may form a natural dam below...
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Castle Lake is a glacial lake (cirque lake or tarn) located in the Trinity Mountains, in Siskiyou County of northern California. It is west of Mount Shasta...
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oval form. Okoto is the deepest cirque lake in Bulgaria, with a depth of 37.5 m. Babreka ("The Kidney") is the lake with the steepest shores of the entire...
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Paternoster lakes occur in alpine valleys, climbing one after the other to the valley's head, called a corrie, which often contains a cirque lake. Paternoster...
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Cirque Lake Peak, at 10,210 feet (3,110 m) above sea level is a peak in the Sawtooth Range of Idaho. The peak is located in the Sawtooth Wilderness of...
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Lake Alta is a glacial lake in The Remarkables near Queenstown in the South Island of New Zealand. It is approximately 500 metres by 250 metres in size...
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The Cirque of the Towers is located in the Wind River Range Wyoming, U.S., part of which is in the Bridger Wilderness in Bridger-Teton National Forest...
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Lake Quill is a tarn located in New Zealand's Fiordland National Park at 979 m above sea level. The cirque lake of approximately 1.2 km2 is the source...
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136 m), the lake is located in a cirque formed by glacial erosion. Less than 0.25 miles from a trailhead reachable by paved road, Wahtum Lake is a popular...
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Lake Bucura is a glacier cirque lake, situated in the Retezat Mountains, in Romania. It is located south of the main ridge, at the base of Peleaga Peak...
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Cirque may refer to: Cirque, an amphitheatre-like valley head Cirque (album), a 2000 album by Biosphere Cirque Corporation, a Salt Lake City, Utah-based...
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Cirque du Soleil (French: [siʁk dy sɔlɛj], Quebec French: [sɪʁk d͡zy sɔlɛj]; "Circus of the Sun" or "Sun Circus") is a Canadian entertainment company and...
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Mummelsee (redirect from Lake Mummel)
lake is inhabited by a Nix and the King of the Mummelsee. With a circumference of 800 meters, the Mummelsee is the largest of the seven cirque lakes in...
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Summit Lake is a very small tarn (cirque lake) located above the tree line within the Hatcher Pass of the Talkeetna Mountains in Willow, Alaska, United...
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Hanging Lake straddles the international border between the United States and Canada. Most of the lake is located in North Cascades National Park, Washington...
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Topographic relief is significant as it rises 1,800 feet (550 meters) above Cirque Lake in approximately one mile. The Pacific Crest Trail traverses the southwest...
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O is a water-themed stage production by Cirque du Soleil, a Canadian circus and entertainment company. The show has been in permanent residence at the...
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challenge for world class mountaineers, the Cirque is located in the Ragged Range, near Glacier Lake. The Cirque's most famous peak – a must for every serious...
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first cirque, measuring 740 × 490 m, hosts the first lake. The second, third and fourth lakes are located on three levels in the second cascade cirque Aleko...
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lakes including: Boulder Lake Cirque Lake Cove Lake Gentian Lake Hook Lake Neck Lake Sapphire Lake Sheep Lake Slide Lake Snow Lake Sawtooth National Forest...
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Hatcher Pass (redirect from Summit Lake State Recreation Site)
acres (30,000 ha) of wilderness. Summit Lake State Recreation Site is a small alpine park with a shallow cirque lake and excellent views. The park is a favorite...
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Drawn to Life is a Cirque du Soleil show at Disney Springs' West Side at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. It is a contemporary...
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Castle Lake may refer to: Castle Lake (California), a glacially-formed cirque lake in Siskiyou County Castle Lake (Idaho), an alpine lake in Custer County...
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The Blue Lake is one of only four cirque lakes found in mainland Australia. The other three, Cootapatamba, Albina, and Club, are shallower and are held...
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Ovo is a touring circus production by Cirque du Soleil that premiered in Montréal, Canada in 2009. Ovo's creator and director, Deborah Colker, took inspiration...
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Berdeen Lake is located in North Cascades National Park, in the U. S. state of Washington. Berdeen Lake is 1.25 mi (2.01 km) east of Hagan Mountain and...
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Snow Lake is a lake in Lewis County, Washington. It is within Mount Rainier National Park. It is in a glacial cirque below Unicorn Peak, in the Tatoosh...
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