Definition:
Pronounced "western coom." The large, glacial valley basin below Mount Everest and Mount Nuptse in the Himalayan Mountains in Nepal. Cwm is a Welsh word meaning "bowl-shaped valley."
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Pronounced "western coom." The large, glacial valley basin below Mount Everest and Mount Nuptse in the Himalayan Mountains in Nepal. Cwm is a Welsh word meaning "bowl-shaped valley."