glacial valley

Scientific  

1. A steep-sided, U-shaped valley formed by the erosional forces of a moving glacier.

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Example Sentences

The mosquitoes were found in Kjós, a glacial valley to the South West of the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik.

From BBC

The 2020 Elliot Creek tsunami in a glacial valley in British Columbia, for instance, featured a landslide measuring 18 cubic million meters in volume and a tsunami runup of more than 100 meters.

From Science Daily

Five Spanish groups sent a delegation to Brussels for meetings this week with European Union lawmakers and officials to urge greater scrutiny of a project they say will cause irreversible damage to the glacial valley of Canal Roya in the Aragon region.

From Seattle Times

But in recent years, parts of the route have been moved away from the melting glacial valley to the shoreline.

From New York Times

This was the starting point for a challenging hike of five hours – more, for us, due to my less than Swiss fitness level – through meadows strewn with wildflowers, a vast glacial valley, a boulder field and large patches of snow as we trekked ever higher.

From The Guardian