A wide cliff-lined glacial cirque high on Mount Elbert, Colorado's highest mountain.
Photograph © Stewart M. GreenA cwm is an alpine cirque or cliff-lined semi-circular basin that is excavated by glaciers in high mountains. It's often a hanging valley or a valley that "hangs" above a larger and deeper glaciated valley. The Welsh word, pronounced kôôm, means "valley."
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