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The valley have steep sides because soil and loose rocks are washed downhill after a heavy rainfall. The soil and rock also create a load in the river.
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_______ are deep valleys with cliffs or steep slopes along their sides.?
They are canyons
A mountain of this age has steep sides with sharp jagged peaks and narrow valleys.?
young
What are mountains and valleys?
Mountains are large steep hills pretty much just bigger and valleys are A low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it.
What is the difference between a gorge and a canyon?
A canyon is a deep valley with steep sides, think of the grand canyon most famously to visualise what this is. A gorge is a deep ravine, which usually has a river running through it - though this doesn't have to be the case. Finally a valley is any depression, usually of a certain length, in the surface of the land and often contains a river. So, a canyon is a specific type of valley, with particularly steep sides. A gorge is a particularly deep depression, and will usually contain a river.
Why do mountain streams have V-shaped valleys?
Moving water causes valleys to have a V shape. In mountain ranges, rivers have steep gradients so their is no additional erosion to the mountain shape.
Flat upland area with steep sides?
Platue
What are y shaped valleys?
there are no such things only V shaped valleys which have sides sloping down to a river that has cut the valley out of the rock and U shaped valleys with flat bottoms and steep sides. these have been carved out by glaciers
Are deep valleys with steep sides?
Vales or Glens
What are deep valleys with steep sides?
Vales or Glens
_______ are deep valleys with cliffs or steep slopes along their sides.?
They are canyons
What are deep narrow river valleys called?
a deep, steep-sided, narrow river valley
A mountain of this age has steep sides with sharp jagged peaks and narrow valleys.?
young
A deep narrow valley with steep sides that sometimes has a stream or river flowing through it is a?
the river running through rock wear it down into deep valley with the steep sides what is it called
What is a steep valley?
A steep valley is called a canyon or ravine. Valleys can have different shapes because of the shape of the land and what is eroding it. The canyons usually have steep sides. Other words that can refer to a steep valley include gully, hollow and gorge.
What is the name of the narrow valley cut by a river so that the sides are steep?
A Canyon
Mountain of this age has steep sides with sharp jagged peaks and narrow valleys?
A young mountain has steep sides. It also has sharp jagged peaks and narrow valleys. Older mountains are more rounded.
What is defined as narrow as deep valleys?
A narrow valley is a V-shaped valley, or river valley. A narrow valley has steep sloped sides that look like the letter V. They are formed by a strong stream.
