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What name is given to a coastal valley sculpted by glacial action?
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If it is inundated by the sea it is called a "Fjord", if not is just a glacial valley.
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What does you shaped valley mean?
A 'U' shaped valley is one that has been gouged out by glacial action. A 'V' shaped valley is one that has been caused by river erosion.
Which valley are 'U' shaped valley?
A U-Shaped Valley is formed by glacial erosion.
Describe Hawaii's land regions?
There are 3 of them: coastal, valley, and mountain. most of the land is coastal.
Hanging valley and a glacial trough?
Glacial Trough (U-shaped valleys) - Flat-bottomed valley with steep sides produced by the erosion of the floor and sides of the valley by an alpine glacier as its sediment abrades while the glacier flows downhill. On the topographic maps they are recognized by closely spaced contours along the valley sides and widely spaced contours on the valley floor.Hanging Glacial Troughs - Formed when the down-cutting erosion of the main valley glacier exceeds that by the tributary glacier. The tributary glacier flows onto the main glacier and thus has an erosional base level of the elevation of the main valley glacier. After melting, the lower portion of the tributary glacial trough is then left hanging above the main floor of the glaciated valley. On maps they are recognized by more widely spaced contours across a stream in the upper portion than in the lower portion (where the modern stream cascades into the main valley below).
What are the four main land regions of NJ?
1) Appalachian Ridge and Valley 2) Highlands 3) Atlantic Coastal Plain 4) Piedmont 1) Appalachian Ridge and Valley 2) Highlands 3) Atlantic Coastal Plain 4) Piedmont
What does you shaped valley mean?
A 'U' shaped valley is one that has been gouged out by glacial action. A 'V' shaped valley is one that has been caused by river erosion.
Does a you shaped valley indicate glacial erosion?
A 'U' shaped valley indicates glacial erosion.
A stream Valley Land form is the most common result of what?
A stream valley is usually 'V' shaped, formed by erosion from a stream. A glacial valley is usually 'U' shaped, formed by the action of a glacier.
Which valley are 'U' shaped valley?
A U-Shaped Valley is formed by glacial erosion.
What are the types of features that form from glacial erosion?
Glacial Erosion formed Yosemite Valley and the Sierra Nevada
Which is not a feature created by glacial deposits?
hanging valley
Is Death Valley a coastal range or coastal plain?
coastal range
Difference in shape of a typical stream carved valley compared to a typical glacial carved valley?
River/stream cut valleys are 'V' shaped while Glacial valleys are 'U' shaped.
Deeply carved glacial valley along the Scandinavian coast?
Fjord :)
What kind of physical systems led to Yosemite valley?
Glacial erosion
What forms when a glacier erodes a river valley?
Fiords and glacial lakes
Which of the following resulted in the formation of yosemite valley in the sierra nevada?
Glacial erosion
