Hanging valley

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Term: Hanging valley
Definition: A tributary valley whose mouth ends abruptly part way up the side of a trunk valley, as a result of the greater amount of glacial down-cutting of the latter.
GCW Swisseduc
Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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