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What is a bowl-shaped depression at the head of a glacial valley called?
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What is a Glacially carved valley drowned by incursions of the sea called?
A glacial valley filled with sea water is a fjord (pronounced ford)
Which agents of erosion cause u-shaped valleys?
A U-shaped valley, also known as a glacial trough, is a large valley with steep sides, and with a wide, flat valley floor. It is formed, as the alternative name suggests, by glacial activity in the area (i.e. it was formed by a glacier).
What is a depression in the surface land called?
A basin is a depression in the earth's surface that can be dry or filled with water.
Which is a glacier feature caused by erosion?
In cross-section: A 'U' shaped valley is formed from glacial erosion. A 'V' shaped valley is formed by river erosion.
How are glacial troughs formed?
A glacier trough is also known as a U-shaped valley and is formed when a glacier passes through it. The glacier erodes the bottom of the valley through abrasion, and the sides of the valley through freeze-thaw weathering. It wears away the softer rock but when it gets to the harder, tougher rock it can't erode it to give the glacial trough its shape. Hope this helps!
What name is given to a coastal valley sculpted by glacial action?
If it is inundated by the sea it is called a "Fjord", if not is just a glacial valley.
What is the French word for a bowl-shaped mountain depression carved at the head of a glacial valley?
Cirques
What french word is used for bowl-shaped mountain depression carved at the head of a glacial valley?
Cirque... i am sure
What french word is used for a bowl shaped mountain depression carved at the head of glacial valley?
Cirque... i am sure
Does a you shaped valley indicate glacial erosion?
A 'U' shaped valley indicates glacial erosion.
What is a terrain depression called?
A valley or a basin or a gully, or perhaps a swale or a depression.
What are smaller glacial valleys that join the deeper main valley?
They are called hanging valleys. The smaller glacier valleys are the hanging walls that join the deeper main valley called the U-shaped valley.
Which valley are 'U' shaped valley?
A U-Shaped Valley is formed by glacial erosion.
What is a Glacially carved valley drowned by incursions of the sea called?
A glacial valley filled with sea water is a fjord (pronounced ford)
What are the types of features that form from glacial erosion?
Glacial Erosion formed Yosemite Valley and the Sierra Nevada
What is the land called which is surrounded by a higher land?
A Valley-------------------------No a valley is not surrounded by higher land, the correct answer is a "basin" or a "depression".
Which is not a feature created by glacial deposits?
hanging valley
