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From the capital Islamabad, the PMD can trigger sirens installed in glacial valleys in northern Pakistan that are vulnerable to extreme flooding from glacial lake outbursts.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2025

A matched set of Wasatch Range glacial valleys known for feathery snow, SLC’s Big and Little Cottonwood canyons become blooming playgrounds after the skiers clear out.

From Washington Post • Jun. 10, 2022

The biggest one we saw is in the Sheep Mountain Lodge on the Glenn Highway overseeing the glacial valleys of Chugach and Takeetna.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2017

And the beauty is different – it’s more about nature: grand, scooped-out glacial valleys, icy fjords, a volcanic land that is alive and dangerous.

From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2016

Traces of the subsequent partial glaciation it has been subjected to are also manifested in glacial valleys of considerable depth as compared with the size of the island.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 312, December 24, 1881 by Various