circo glaciale

Definitions of circo glaciale
  1. noun
    a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
    synonyms: circo
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    type of:
    avvallamento, bacino, catinella, catino, conca, depressione
    a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it
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