glacial valley

American  

[glaysh-uhl val-ee] / ˈgleɪʃ əl ˈvæl i /

noun

plural

glacial valleys

1. Physical Geography. a valley shaped like a U rather than a V, carved by the flow of a glacier as it carried rocks and other debris.

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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 • Oct. 22, 2025

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 • May 6, 2024

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

From New York Times • May 19, 2022

Yosemite Valley was reopened for the first time in weeks on Tuesday morning, but some visitors were surprised to see a burning hillside along El Portal Road, a key entryway into the famed glacial valley.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2018

The world grew lighter after he left the canon and entered the dead timber of the glacial valley, but even in the open the going was wearisome and the horses proceeded with sullen caution.

From Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West by Garland, Hamlin