Hanging Valley Flashcards

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Hanging Valley Appearance

A

Small tributary valley high above floor of trough often with a waterfall

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Hanging Valley Formation

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Tributary glaciers with small amounts of ice did not erode their valley floor as deeply as main glacier and so are left at a higher altitude

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Hanging Valley scale

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Macro-scale

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Hanging Valley Landform type

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Erosional

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