U-shaped valley
Britishnoun
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Today, that canyon is the location of many erosional landforms including the U-shaped valley, as well as polished and striated rock surfaces.
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The key feature of alpine glacial erosion is the U-shaped valley.
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Figure 16.20 A depiction of a U-shaped valley occupied by a large glacier.
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At that time, the large U-shaped valley in the lower right was occupied by glacial ice, and all of the other glaciers shown here were longer and much thicker than they are now.
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Thus the U-shaped valley is finally converted into a valley with a flat bottom, the flat being due in large part to erosion, and in smaller part to deposition.
From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Atwood, Wallace W.
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