What is a hanging valley? How it is formed?
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- A hanging valley is a tributary to a main valley which has been deeply scoured by glacial ice, leaving the tributary valley “hanging” above the main valley.
- Hanging valleys are created where smaller valleys meet the main glaciated valley. ... This means the smaller valleys are left above the main valley. Waterfalls may be present where the hanging valley joins the main U-shaped valley. Ribbon lakes are formed in the base of the glacial troughs once the ice has melted.
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A valley, the lower end of which opens high above a shore, usually caused by the rapid erosion of a cliff. a tributary valley whose mouth is set above the the floor of the main valley, usually as a result of differences in glacial erosion.
waterfalls are most common where hanging valleys occur. Such valleys generally form when glacier ice deeply erodes a main or trunk valley, leaving tributary valleys literally hanging far above the main valley floor. After the glaciers have melted and withdrawn, streams from such tributary valleys must fall ...
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